Glass-and-Sand

Futile musings of an old ghost

Tag: Hopi world

  • Maria

    Maria

    Picture taken at the Arizona State Museum,Tucson © 2014 Honoré Dupuis

  • Pueblo: Sexy Maria 50

    Pueblo: Sexy Maria 50

    The Arizona State Museum in Tucson is a spiritual place with Pueblo models and ancient lenses. The museum showcases the marvels of the Southwest, including the culture of the New Mexico people and the Sonoran Desert’s unique flora and fauna. Tucson bridges the ancient and modern, reflecting the immanence of divine presence in the desert.

  • Mesa

    Mesa

    Once you lived on the plain, there you greened the desert, built canals, grew corn and millet, looked after cattle. Then the conquistadores came, with their crosses and horses. You moved up to the mesas, where you could observe their moves, protect your families. You stayed, you are still there, a small, indestructible people, beautiful,…

  • Cherished Mesa, Legendary Sipapuni 8

    Cherished Mesa, Legendary Sipapuni 8

    The picture depicts Sipapuni, a village believed to be the hole in the sky above the lower world. The Black Mesa, an elevated region in Arizona, is of cultural and historical significance to the Hopi and Navajo peoples. However, it is also a contested area, with issues such as forced relocations and environmental exploitation by…