The Tonacayo Amoxtli by Corazon Mexica more at www.etsy.com/listing/675186682/the-tonac
The Tonacayo Amoxtli by Corazon Mexica more at https://www.etsy.com/listing/675186682/the-tonacayo-amoxtli-large-print-mexican?ref=shop_home_active_11&crt=1In this painting, the human body is placed at the centre of the cosmos, and its relationship to the cosmos, time, and space, are revealed. In the world view of our ancestors, all things are one thing, all being no more than a manifestation of Ometeotl, who is the totality. Men, trees, planets, and stars, are all but masks which reveal the truth of Ometeotl, which is that They are all being, all things, all space and all time. Therefore all things that exist are mirrors of every other aspect of existence. In the painting, a nude man appears at the center. He is half living and flesh, and half bone and dead, for life and death are not opposites, but rather one and the same thing, merely different manifestations of what it is to be human -- source link
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