Ta Sba Balamil Ta Ch'ulel: On The Face Of The Earth And In The Soul: A Visit To San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico - Softcover

Rimell, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1312832592 ISBN 13: 9781312832596

Verlag: Lulu.com, 2021

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In 2014, artist and poet Bruce Rimell visited the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico as part of a programme of arts cultural events and indigenous ceremonies. To prepare for this journey, Bruce chose not to learn Spanish but Tzotzil, the local Maya language, and to explore the indigenous people’s beliefs, worldviews and ways of life. During these researches, he learned that the Tzotzil pay close attention to their dreams, and they consider that Westerners and non-Maya Mexicans who ignore these night-time voyages live only half a life. This philosophy is expressed in the succinct Tzotzil phrase ta sba balamil ta ch’ulel, ‘on the face of the Earth, and in the soul’, meaning that human life must be lived in both waking life and dreams. This little book of strange verse accompanied by surreal sketches is an attempt to bridge the gap between the Mayan cosmovision and the Western world, and represents an integrated reflection of Bruce’s journey to Chiapas. Featuring visits to contemporary highland Maya villages, archaeological sites and time spent with indigenous people – on the face of the Earth – as well as ceremonies, visions and dreams – and in the soul – that became increasingly influenced by Tzotzil insights into how to live, this collection of poetry expresses Bruce’s effort to intimate something of that fuller dreaming human life which for the indigenous people of Chiapas is as natural as events in the waking world.

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Bruce Rimell is an internationally-exhibited visual artist and outsider poet from Leeds-Bradford in the UK. Previous publications include 'Echoes For Aphrodite', shortlisted for the 2024 Poetry Book Awards, and a chapbook 'Deo Mithrae' available through The Braag publishing. Forthcoming works include 'Vallum Aelium', a poetic travelogue to Hadrian's Wall, and 'Queeritudes', a small-scale series of narrative poems exploring the beauty of gay sexualities. You can discover his art and poetry at www.biroz.net, or search 'Bruce Rimell Xibalba Books'

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lulu.com
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1312832592
• ISBN 13: 9781312832596
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 102
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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