CaRNaVal Oruro
CaRNaVal Oruro Even now back in my city, Athens, after more than a month, I still remember and I am still so thankful for going to Oruro and Tarija for the Carnavalaccompanied from my friend Caza or ellse Waliki= good, in Aymara Bolivia during the War of the Pacific...
Walls
"Continuity for them the dominant population, discontinuity for us, the dispossessed and dispersed" Edward Said "A man bringing home a sheep from from the Eid Feast, smokes a cigarette, as traffic finally clears at a checkpoint in Kalandia, West Bank", Picture...
To live our Cities
Blog Archives - x. (weebly.com) Light or Heavy?Personal, Political or Cultural?Mmm…I keep the personal intimate thoughts for my diary and my good friends. For now, for this first time ever that I lay my thoughts open and available to all, I will hide behind the...
In Peace.
In Peace. Peace is such a rare and vulnerable state of being. It is the end, the goal of a challenging path that needs constant care. I arrived more than three weeks in La Paz as a Crossroader; this is how the Canadian organization I am working for, Crossroads...
Welcome to my Blog. I'm Xristina!
I started painting when I was living in the country of my favorite painter Frida Kahlo, in Mexico. My relationship with each image that my hands have created drew from my personal history my own symbols and activated them, connecting them to my conscious life. I realized over time that painting was my way to quiet the mind and to connect with my authentic self.