CONCERTS & SHOWS: LADY GAGA IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA

Some of my posts were deleted by accident, so I’m just putting this one back up.

This was Lady Gaga’s concert in Bogotá in the Fall of 2012.

LITERARY PONDERINGS: Let Go of the Past

𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎. 𝙸𝚗 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶, 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚠𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚛𝚎-𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝙱𝚢 𝚛𝚎-𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚢… 𝚠𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎; 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜—𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝. 𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜… 𝚋𝚞𝚝, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙸 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚙 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎, 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢: “𝙰𝚑, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎.” 𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚒𝚝. 𝙰𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍. 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎, 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛, 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙻𝚎𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚝. 𝙶𝚘.

Zipaquira, Colombia 🇨🇴 2012. 📸: E. Lederman

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART & GRAFFITI: PEZ & RANDOM FRIENDS

I’m in the process of streamlining my blog and it’s forcing me to revisit my past – the many places I’ve been…whilst sitting here in lockdown. A flurry of emotions…Gratitude & Wanderlust…

This is a classic smiling Pez – his character has evolved over the years, but this is one I snapped early on in Bogotá back in 2012.

Bogotá, Colombia. October 2012.

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: ‘LOVE TATTOO” by TOXICOMANO, DjLU, & LESIVO

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The mural above is on the side of the building facing Septima.

7OCT12. The Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia. 

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

This wall combining the efforts of all three amazing street artists, is opposite the Plaza de Toros de Santamaria (Bogota’s Bullfighting stadium.)

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Monkey & A Peace Sign by Lesivo

It seems to me like these guys think a lot about evolution and that humanity hasn’t really evolved effectively. Hence, the peace sign with the monkey. There are usually more violent symbols associated with the humans in their works.

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Man in a Chemical Suit by DjLu

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Monkey in a Hat by Lesivo

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Disillusioned Girl, Probably a Drug Addict, by Toxicomano

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Indigenous Woman with Child by DjLu, Evil Birdman by Lesivo

The woman is holding a sign that says “Nobody Wins.” This section of the mural depicts the two opposing sides in the class war that is so prevalent in Colombia: the poor desperately needing representation, and the powerful wealthy elite that rule the country on their own terms.

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Corruption and Beauty by Lesivo

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Fox and Four-Headed Cheetah by DjLu

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Four-Headed Cheetah and Boy by Toxicomano

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Cheetah and Boy by Toxicomano, Tattooed Punk Jester by DjLu

DjLu’s character looks almost like a court jester with his make-up on and his pointed boots. He appears to be balancing the globe on his knee (notice that it is dangerously close to the edge) while doing a Tai-Chi pose and his left hand is poised in the yogi-namaste gesture. We need peace and balance to save the world.

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Good Girl Gone Tramp by Lesivo

Notice the good little girl with the good intent of getting educated and following the dream of her parents (in the lightbulb,) but her eyes portray a fear, almost an inevitability of what she will be made to do and made to become, to get ahead in this world.

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Two Women by Lesivo

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Woman by Lesivo, Homeless Man by DjLu

With clenched fist, the man says he knows it’s all about guns (power) and money (wealth) so he’ll live in this perpetual state, for how can he emerge?

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Scream by Toxicomano

Notice the outline of the yellow dog that is on the attack of the man.

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Black Man Screaming for Justice While White Man Remains Silent, Toxicomano.

The title I gave it says it all.

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Man Covers his Mouth in the Face of Injustice by Lesivo

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Angry Monkeys by Lesivo

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A Brighter Future by DjLu

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Free Expression by DjLu

The Story this wall tells: The world began with peace and a simpler species ruled the planet. In the interim, the species evolved into humans, which were supposed to be more intelligent and were supposed to do the right thing for mankind. Instead, the world is worse off than its ever been, it’s at its breaking point, and humans are responsible for this condition. You see Lesivo’s angry monkeys attacking the scenes before them, demolishing them, letting the humans know that they did not make a better world, they’ve destroyed it. The next panel depicts two smiling boys by DjLu, which indicates that there is a brighter tomorrow, that we can change the world and make it right again.

All Pictures: 7OCT12. Bogotá, Colombia. 

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART: CAPITALISM IS THE ENEMY by CRiSP

I found some more work from Australian artist, Crisp. This is located around Septima y Calle 52 or so…I don’t think it’s Obama necessarily that Crisp is raging against. Rather, I think it would be any U.S. President or Western leader. They all seem to represent the problems with the world: debt, war, hate, greed, pollution, and fraud. The indigenous people pictured next to the evil capitalist, are the people who essentially started this world. They’re the ones who respect the earth and approach the world with purity. The powers that be have ruined the simplicity and destroyed the opposing forces of monetary balance, peace, love, generosity, clean air, and truth. Notice two things: First, Crisp has his name with the proper ideals on the clothing of the indigenous people, while obviously Obama is cloaked in the opposite. Secondly, someone has tagged an “L,” I’m assuming for “Loser,” on Obama’s head and I’m pretty sure that wasn’t Crisp. But, I could be wrong. I’m awaiting verification.

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7OCT12. Septima y Calle 50s. Bogotá, Colombia. 

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA STREET ART & GRAFFITI: TATTOOS

This is really cool. I can’t remember who the woman is painted by, but I can see a CRISP tribal mask tattoo on her arm.

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I ‘think’ this is Rodez because one of his tendencies is to paint multiple eyes.

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I haven’t seen any other ones by ‘Sluto,’ but this is on the side of a building in La Candelaria.

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29SEP12. Bogotá, Colombia. 

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA: “IT SHOWS ON YOUR FACE”

I thought these were striking. Unfortunately, I don’t know who the artists are. On Calle 19. 29SEP12. Bogota, Colombia.

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