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The Offering Shoes
Faith: a small tableau.
El Santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018
Every Opportunity
Even the fence around the sewage-treatment plant has become a place to hang crosses in memory of loved ones.
El santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018
Delia Anaya
Here at the sacred site of Chimayó, there are mementos and memorials everywhere, like this one for Delia.
El santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 5.27.2018
Art Place
Here’s a broader view of an earlier post. The illustration of the church is quite nice, particularly because that exact view isn’t possible in real life, as the church is hemmed in with a river, some mountains, a highway, and parking lots. I guess this is a God’s eye view?
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
The Pilgrim
Someone approaching the church, perhaps to worship, perhaps to seek healing from the holy dirt that’s in a small room off the main chapel.
I saw two women and a small boy putting small amounts of the dirt into plastic bags they’d brought with them; they were using an orange scoop and speaking softly, with reverence; I felt like (and in fact, was) an intruder and didn’t stay. A brochure in a rack beside the dirt warned visitors to neither eat the dirt nor steep and drink it.
El Santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 12.25.2015
Also – those bags on the wall are similar to the farolitos in Santa Fe, only these are plastic bags with electric lights inside.
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