Xigaab galbain: Life meditations bohostyle

Xigaab galbain: Life meditations bohostyle60x100cm; 2x3ft Agave fiber dyed with only natural dyes hand woven on a Zapotec walking loom of the 16th century style using a 7 threads per inch harness. Woven by my auntie Maria Mendoza Contreras, a national award winner in textile weaving competitions. This piece is a reflection (literaly and geometrically speaking) of her life and trajectory as a weaver. My Auntie Maria lost her husband when he was in his early 50s, she struggled as a single mom

And what are we but a physical expression of the sacred geometry encoded into our DNA

but as a perennial tree they have a much better advantage and a necessary conection must be woven

my grandmother always making predictions about the rain pattern by looking at the position of the stars and the tilt of the milky way

In Dixzaa language

if we only listen to the wise elders or if you meditate and stare at our rugs for a long time

this represents the balance of the four directions

Be water my friend

Tune into the world of perception that lies beyond what we can see with our eyes

The rug is inspired in the sky of Lua'a (Oaxaca)

Weaver: Amalia Hernández

like it happened to people in the 60s after reading the teachings of Don Juan and wanting to do peyote ceremonies every weekend

The Nahual spirits like enlightened spirits