Celestina Asleep in the Colors
Acrylic on Canvas 24 by 36 inches
Many worlds intersect on the
streets of Antigua, Guatemala. Manual-laborers hustle to and from
their jobs. Teachers and salespeople step off buses and walk to
their workplaces. Wealthy families from Guatemala City stroll and
shop. Language students of all ages from around the world walk in
groups, speaking a myriad of languages. Tourists explore hidden
nooks and crannies. And, wherever the students and tourists are,
street vendors follow, hawking their wares.
One chilly afternoon, in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the
street, the blowing of truck horns and the ringing of church bells,
a street vendor named Ana laid her three-year-old baby girl,
Celestina, to sleep in the colors of her tiny street-side shop. And
Celestina slept soundly, peacefully, at ease in the mess and noise
and crashing differences of the world around her.
Would that we could all be so at ease, so comfortable, in the
rollicking, rowdy family of humanity!
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