Taos, New Mexico

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Taos with my spouse! After a beautiful drive from Santa Fe, we arrived at our home for the week, an airbnb not far from town.

Our first dinner was wonderful, at The Love Apple. 

We got to visit Taos Pueblo, which is the oldest continuously inhabited community in the US. We were given a lovely tour and were free to walk around much of the pueblo afterwards. We learned that the pueblo comprises many smaller units, which are family-owned and matrilineal. Just a few people live in these particular buildings full-time, but many more live within the pueblo’s larger borders. 

The pueblo has a chapel, as Catholicism was introduced by the Spanish. Most Taos people are now some mix of Catholic and ancient native religions.

It was fun to walk around and visit all of the homes that had been converted into small shops and restaurants.

This shop featured currencies from all over the world. Even Taiwan! We purchased a nice bowl from them, made from the micaceous clay of the land.

Crossing over the sacred river.

So lovely to be guests in this home for a morning.

Lunch afterwards at Gutiz.

 

Back to our airbnb neighborhood. 

Walking around town, we came upon Angie Coleman working in her studio. She makes linocut reduction prints. I’ve never tried it, but the process is fascinating, as shown in the window: you start with a solid print, carving away sections and printing a new color for each layer.

I selected this small print to take home.

 

Right at golden hour, we made a little side trek out to the Rio Grande. So beautiful.

Stunning moonrise over Taos.

 

Dinner at Orlando’s.

Then it was time for Alex to go snowboarding, so I decided to try and take the bus into town by myself.

The road to the bus stop was not really a road, haha.

Made it to Manzanita Market, owned by the Love Apple folks, for lunch.

We happened to be in town for a new gallery opening at the Harwood Museum of Art.

 

Raven Chacon’s “Three Songs.” Chacon is a Diné (Navajo) composer, performer, and installation artist. These are all beautiful, unconventional musical notations. For instance, the words accompanying the first image below:

For woodwind instrument

Descend down the page, playing the following sequences / rows.

The open circle indicates to play a note, with its natural fingering. Repeat this note (as long as desired).
The square indicates to play the same pitch with an alternate fingering (as long as desired).
The triangle indicates to play the same pitch, with a second alternate fingering (as long as desired).

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A brief, art-filled few days in Taos!

Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco. She compulsively documents and blogs all of her daily adventures. Follow her on instagram and view more of her professional work at annawu.com.


New Mexico, 2024

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