Muerte Santero's rants

Enemy at the sign.

2010-11-07T04:38:00.000-08:00

so I took down the sign with a lift, randy made me save him the sign.. But when Randy Tenorio took down our sign, he threw it away? a 10,000 dollar sign... that fucker is a hypocrite, with his being the head of a Jehovah Witness Temple... seems like the example of jesus is to fuck people over... Good one Randy and Ida, you ugly people!! UGLY...

On this netsuke thing

2010-02-18T14:59:00.000-08:00

Sort of like a rebirth into ancient Japan.. I carve Netsuke.. Go figure Netsuke in New Mexico.. Maybe I should reinvent myself... Artists of old did it all the time!

So I get blue

2009-12-05T09:31:00.000-08:00

I get blue, but not as blue as before.. It's a journey I must take, to doubt all that I am, all that I do... mostly though I will feel blue for being an artist.. for doing art.. I blame it all on society.. You Stock Market! Those that can gamble on commodities that are needed to survive.. houses, food.. energy.. Is Bologna.. or Bologney ... it all smells like crap! Haven't you seen a George Lopez Comedy Show.. Wake up Gabachos, cuz this one's taking over from the inside.. anyway.. it is the small guy that makes the world go around, but he doesn't feel like it or get paid fairly... If you cannot survive on a minimum wage job.. then you boyzz at the top need to give up some gold... it's hard down here.. come on world! If I had a million I would help others with it first thing! But that's because I'm at the bottom of the economic ladder... and I know by helping my neighbor I help myself... WAKE UP WORLD!

If there were true religion

2009-05-30T02:16:00.000-07:00

If there were true religion there would be peace in the world.. If any one of the religions... any one were true there would be peace, no hunger, and ease in this world, but as I see it all religions are a sham, because people do no practice what is so sacredly preached.. I mean Hebrew, Buddhist, Christian, Moslem, Pagan... Sufi... any, even just being positive.. Kind.. but no.. There is Dis-Ease, Suffering, War, loneliness, Hunger, Need of all sorts.. but the religions are just a pacifier for our own justification.. for being self indulgent...

And if Jesus were to come today.. The world would kill him again, because that's not what religions want... No messiah! Otherwise we would have it by now... The catholic church alone if it truly believed the message of Jesus would do all it could to help in the world, even Buddhists fall short, for if compassion were to be practiced there would be some ease in the suffering of this world...

If there were true religion, no one would go hungry... and if you call that socialism, then I say if there were true religion then socialism wouldn't be so damn WRONG!

Social Distortion

2009-04-06T14:56:00.001-07:00

The artist

"Arte de muertos"

2009-04-06T10:19:00.000-07:00

This was the best, what an outstanding host red rabbit press is. The courtyard of El Xocalo Historic Convent, Event Center in Bernalillo is just beautiful.. The artists there are impeccable, in skill, execution and character. I can only hope you would come out and see this show the next time around.

To those of you that took time out of your lives for this show, I cannot begin to thank you enough for the hospitality, hearts, minds and souls that are even more beautiful that the scenery of this beautiful Nuevo Mexico...

Viva La Raza De Decolores... Muy Bueno Hiente.

Economy I've been preaching for years!!

2009-03-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

Listen I've been saying for about 15 years now, that we need to be creating something, not just a service industry... We need to be inventive, and create usable items, like widgets, razors, food, and we need to work for cheaper and be taken care of better... This is not new, hell when I was at TVI in a public speaking class, this subject would come up all the time... You cannot generate money from a service society, we need money coming in from the outside world via, pc's , televisions, any electronics, steel, anything that is created and shipped, but that has gone over sea, and we are left with haircuts, and McDonalds... what the fuck is that?

and Hell yeah! I blame BUSH... Both of them and Regan!

emptiness

2009-01-18T23:02:00.000-08:00

Emptiness is form, form is emptiness... The key is to not be ambivalent to the tonal, but to act without attachment... But to know the path with heart... The only kingdom is within, FIRST!

Muahhaha... the pirates of perception!

Discipline

2009-01-17T07:59:00.000-08:00

Discipline

Is the capacity to face with serenity odds that are not included in one's expectations.

For certain we will all be dead, Uncertain on how we deal with the time in between and how we face our deaths...

Death Meditation : Meeting death before it comes

Death: One fact of Life

The Death meditation technique is one of my favorites meditation technique. This meditation is not only very easy but also a great rejuvenating yogic exercise for our body. It is a very simple yet very powerful technique which introduce you to your death before you die actually.

There is one fact of life which is universally applicable to all of us :

All of us will die one day.

Death is an absolute realty of life. Everybody who has come, will have to go one day. However one part of our existence will never die.

When you die….

Your physical body will merge into the chemistry of our planet. .
Your mind will cease to exist.

..and each and everything that constitute your personality in this world - your success, your failure, your friends, your enemies, your joy, your sorrows, your ambitions, plans and just about everything which you now consider as your own will lost its relevance.

However… One thing will remain intact. One thing will be there untouched, 'as it is' even in death, even after death….. that thing is your real identity, the true foundation of your existence - Self.

In this meditation, you will realized this eternal aspect of your existence - self in you.

Good bye Pop

2008-11-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

This is what they had to say 'bout you:
Armilo Garcia
1926-2008

Armilo Garcia, age 82, a resident of Los Lunas, passed away on Monday, Nov. 3.

Services are pending. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM.
There is more to you than this... I'll update soon.. :(

Well you died On a Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 am... seems you left as you had risen everyday... early! I will miss you unto forever, you taught me how to hunt, clean a kill and butcher it up, not to mention cook it over an open pit... I will miss you, you carver, hunter, farmer, womanizer... and lover of life! Thanks for your time, thanks for the warmth, the wonderful food, the booze and smokes were pretty good to. Thanks for showing me the great awe of this life! and saddle a horse, shod it, and castrate it. You taught me to hobble a mule, throw a rope.. raise chickens and not to fear dogs!

I will miss you, till I see you again! DAD...

your son Scott Patricio Garcia!

see you, but not yet, not yet!

Go Bama

2008-11-05T10:34:00.000-08:00

Yes, yes, yes! He won!

woot

Grandma Coy

2008-03-06T14:34:00.001-08:00

For My Grandma...Coy...I wish you could see me now.. and thank you for ME!
my mom is Juliet in this story... I miss you MOM!

The Mother Theresa of Los Lunas
(1906-1992)

Though Katherine Gallegos taught an amazing three generations of Los Lunas residents, her favorite class was always the fourth grade. Even to people never in her room, Gallegos was known for her kindness and dedication to the well being of New Mexicans.

From editing a book on building self-esteem in southwestern children to passing out school supplies bought with her own money, she spent her eight decades on this earth making sure that New Mexicans got a good education and were able to become what they wanted in life.

Katherine Powers Gallegos first came to Los Lunas from Las Vegas when she was eighteen. She began teaching in a one room schoolhouse. When she was twenty-two, she married Eligio Gallegos. They had four children named Juliet, Stephen, Rosalie and Ruth. The family still tells the story of how their mother playfully planned a school picnic in order to meet their father, whom she'd seen riding a horse in the distance. She encouraged his brother, one of her students, to bring him along to the picnic and the rest was history.

Through many years of hard work, she was promoted to Supervisor of Instruction, overseeing curriculum in Los Lunas schools for thirty years. A talented woman, she was well known for her short story, The Sewing Machine and wrote poems that people still enjoy today.

Her love of music, especially waltzes, helped bring a rich curriculum of music for Los Lunas schools at a time when this was highly unusual. Besides creating the orchestral program, she did simple things like bringing the Wizard of Oz and even Shirley Temple movies to students at the school. It was so rare to see movies in those days that students at their fifty year reunions still fondly remembered those opportunities. She even brought her favorite book, Huckleberry Finn, each year to share with students. Tired from school in the evenings, sometimes her family ate meat loaf while at other times they set off to Lot'a Burger, her favorite spot away from school.

But Gallegos was not just an educator, she herself learned new things as well throughout her life. When she first came to Los Lunas and spied that handsome young man riding a white horse who later became her husband, Eligio, she spoke only English. With time and practice, she learned Spanish and increased the ways she could be of service to her community. She was a special favorite of students from Isleta Pueblo, who saw her often as she administered their federal programs.

This project reminds us that we are Katherine Gallegos' legacy. An old rosebush still blooms each year at her old house. Our lives are those blooms she worked so hard to create. We hope to grow into our own lives as adults and take advantage of those opportunities now set before us.

"She was like a Mother Theresa. I wish I had a chance to thank her....."

I had 14 brothers and sisters. She always made sure I had pencils and paper and that we never went hungry. She did the same for many students. A caring, compassionate lady who was always there for the students who needed her. ___Richard Baldonado, 6th grader in 1960