I am in Oaxaca right now for the 2nd time. I agree it’s a bit difficult to explain what makes it great to others who haven’t been—whether you’re visiting or living here—because it’s so much more than the sum of its parts. We’re you at Noche de Rábanos last night? Speaking of craftsmanship, it was incredible, never seen anything like it.
I'm very sorry to say we weren't, and I'm sad to have missed it. We're in the U.S. right now for the holidays but I think next year we'll be staying in Mexico over Christmas. And I know what you mean about Oaxaca! People often ask us what it was that made us move, and the answer is complex in that there were a lot of very specific things which made it seem doable. But there's also that x-factor which is sort of indescribable. There's just something about all of it, the gestalt, that made it feel like somewhere we wanted to live. I really need to write about it and try to put into words what it was.
The fireworks and loud parties made me do a brain fart ha ha..
It’s incredible, you gotta see it next year!
After this trip to Oaxaca I’m half floating the idea of moving here myself, I think, to sum it up, because of the incredibly rich emphasis on culture, art everywhere, family and meaningful human things and how it all fits together, I just see a wholeness here in people and the environment that seems incredibly unique and important in an increasingly commodified and consumerism world and society. If you’re used to NYC, it’s certainly amazing in many ways, but it seems like the spiritual antithesis of Oaxaca to me in most respects. I too am building material for my incumbent substack, and my experience in MX will be part of the incumbent entries. But, having lived and travelled in multiple other places, it’s not really the specifics of the culture or Mexican or Spanish stuff to me (I was more focused on Asia for a long time), it’s really more to do with finding a vision of purposeful humans enjoying life and focusing on the right things, relatively, at this point in my life, or something to that effect.
It looks to me like the guy who owns the shop does in fact have an Etsy store, but he only has a single item listed and it's not a Tivichi. The great challenge with selling Oaxacan goods seems to be shipping, which is both complicated and expensive. But I have made friends who do it, including https://www.instagram.com/hecho_shop/, so it's definitely not impossible.
Muy interesantes!
I am in Oaxaca right now for the 2nd time. I agree it’s a bit difficult to explain what makes it great to others who haven’t been—whether you’re visiting or living here—because it’s so much more than the sum of its parts. We’re you at Noche de Rábanos last night? Speaking of craftsmanship, it was incredible, never seen anything like it.
I'm very sorry to say we weren't, and I'm sad to have missed it. We're in the U.S. right now for the holidays but I think next year we'll be staying in Mexico over Christmas. And I know what you mean about Oaxaca! People often ask us what it was that made us move, and the answer is complex in that there were a lot of very specific things which made it seem doable. But there's also that x-factor which is sort of indescribable. There's just something about all of it, the gestalt, that made it feel like somewhere we wanted to live. I really need to write about it and try to put into words what it was.
Ah right, yes, of course you are, all
The fireworks and loud parties made me do a brain fart ha ha..
It’s incredible, you gotta see it next year!
After this trip to Oaxaca I’m half floating the idea of moving here myself, I think, to sum it up, because of the incredibly rich emphasis on culture, art everywhere, family and meaningful human things and how it all fits together, I just see a wholeness here in people and the environment that seems incredibly unique and important in an increasingly commodified and consumerism world and society. If you’re used to NYC, it’s certainly amazing in many ways, but it seems like the spiritual antithesis of Oaxaca to me in most respects. I too am building material for my incumbent substack, and my experience in MX will be part of the incumbent entries. But, having lived and travelled in multiple other places, it’s not really the specifics of the culture or Mexican or Spanish stuff to me (I was more focused on Asia for a long time), it’s really more to do with finding a vision of purposeful humans enjoying life and focusing on the right things, relatively, at this point in my life, or something to that effect.
Tivichis look amazing.
They're really lovely! If they sold them on Etsy I bet they'd do really well.
I was wondering if that was a possibility.
It looks to me like the guy who owns the shop does in fact have an Etsy store, but he only has a single item listed and it's not a Tivichi. The great challenge with selling Oaxacan goods seems to be shipping, which is both complicated and expensive. But I have made friends who do it, including https://www.instagram.com/hecho_shop/, so it's definitely not impossible.
Thank YOU. Merry Christmas!