All Souls Day (tomorrow) very seriously, i am glad to hear that about your polish friend anna! mexicans might well garnish the graves of near and dear with petals, candles and leave presents for the spirits to devour, after they've finished singing and dancing, partying all night at the grave yard. it'll still be warm weather there, in some parts. the lucky devils.
and mexican, jose guadaloop posada http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...QEwAg&dur=1349
i would like best to be in san francisco for 'the day of the dead' all souls day, as they have a tremendous carnival of the macabre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ6ByIHSKQ. a vision which thankfully offset being in a supermarket yesterday and a stressed young mum shouting 'so shall i get some halloween balloons and shit or what'? down a mobile phone. it sort of killed the carnival spirit, as well as the required extra spiritual vigour around 'remembering the deceased'. still, the idea that 'halloween shit' and 'halloween what' might become a consumer fave of children of the future, made me hope i won't be around to witness it, and a small halloween giggle emerged...which might have grown into a wolfish howl ...had i not been in a public space.
we didn't get 'trick or treaters' either, but it was tipping it down mostly...what light weights eh! but then of course, the yearly celebration was never intended as exclusively 'for children and supermarkets' ....far from it!
in contrast to sf and mex, today has had occasional weak n watery sunshine................ but mostly cloud and quite chilly.
(i've got my vest on thanks anna , and a big cigar clenched in my mouth, a peroxide bob, deathly pallor, and an absolutely hideous large gold medallion round my neck .....and i'm about to jog around my neighborhood door knocking, offering a glib retort ...as soon as it gets dark ) coincidentally, my 'deathly inspiration' is not inspired by the lino cut (illustrated on the left in my link) however: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...QEwBQ&dur=1977
and mexican, jose guadaloop posada http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...QEwAg&dur=1349
i would like best to be in san francisco for 'the day of the dead' all souls day, as they have a tremendous carnival of the macabre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ6ByIHSKQ. a vision which thankfully offset being in a supermarket yesterday and a stressed young mum shouting 'so shall i get some halloween balloons and shit or what'? down a mobile phone. it sort of killed the carnival spirit, as well as the required extra spiritual vigour around 'remembering the deceased'. still, the idea that 'halloween shit' and 'halloween what' might become a consumer fave of children of the future, made me hope i won't be around to witness it, and a small halloween giggle emerged...which might have grown into a wolfish howl ...had i not been in a public space.
we didn't get 'trick or treaters' either, but it was tipping it down mostly...what light weights eh! but then of course, the yearly celebration was never intended as exclusively 'for children and supermarkets' ....far from it!
in contrast to sf and mex, today has had occasional weak n watery sunshine................ but mostly cloud and quite chilly.
(i've got my vest on thanks anna , and a big cigar clenched in my mouth, a peroxide bob, deathly pallor, and an absolutely hideous large gold medallion round my neck .....and i'm about to jog around my neighborhood door knocking, offering a glib retort ...as soon as it gets dark ) coincidentally, my 'deathly inspiration' is not inspired by the lino cut (illustrated on the left in my link) however: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...QEwBQ&dur=1977
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