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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Muralist Cesar Inostroza, El Paso, Texas. Source: Talent Pages. |
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| 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.
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| Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017. |
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| Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017. |
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| Yandell Christ, El Paso, Texas. February 2017. |
Do you think Christ gives a fuck about a wall?
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