Thursday, March 23, 2017

El Paso: The Yandell Christ



Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017.


El Paso is a bowl of eye candy with its murals, varied architectures, daytime and nighttime vistas of the mountains, the sister cities, the pendulous moon.



Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017.



The first time I saw the jumbo, three-dimensional Christ on a wall on East Yandell, my mouth may have fallen open a bit as I stared while driving by, exhaling a long "wahhhhhhhh" of admiration.


Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017.


The site is the La Fe (Faith) Health Center on the corner of Brown and East Yandell. The artist is Cesar Inostroza.

Muralist Cesar Inostroza, El Paso, Texas. Source: Talent Pages.




Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017.


I look at the mural section above and, frankly, I get angry. I get angry because the mainstream political chatter never recognizes the power that fused cultures bring to the United States - the respect for one's current patriotic home and for one's heritage home, the bedrock connections to family, community, and faith. The artistic symbols such as those above - the flags, a father and daughter, religious affiliation - are everywhere. Everywhere. We. Are. All. Americans.

Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017.




Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017.



Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017.


Do you think Christ gives a fuck about a wall?

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