In Mexico death takes in a different flavor , it’s not an ending but a transition , the mind the bones and the flesh get separated , the mind and soul go on , the bones remain and the flesh turns to nature . We go through a transition not an ending that’s why celebrations prevails. In this transition it is believed that your spirit animal or nahual can guide you through this transition that is if you find it . We went looking for Olga’s representation of a nahual on earth , the alebrije. We were told that we needed to search for it and find the one that spoke to us . I’m not allowed to share the one she picked but here are some pictures of the searching process and one of the artesian that paints the alebrijes . It takes sometimes over a month to finish a single figure and it’s a family Effort in San Martín Tilcajete where the Main Street is dedicated to houses and stores that sell custom made unique alebrijes each of them is unique , no two designs are the same , when you see thousands of these figures and can’t find a duplicate you realize that both the sculpture usually done by the men and the paint done by the wives stays away from our typical industrialization. Frozen in time. #mexico #alebrijes #streetphotography
