This is a new painting which describes the ceremonies of the metztli or “month” of Etzalcualizatli, “the Eating of Maize and Beans, which is the metztli we are currently in. We are well into the rainy season in Mexico, and the corn is growing tall in the fields. Therefore, Etzalcualiztli is a time of abundance. In the past, Etzalcualiztli was a sort of halloween, during which women would cook etzalli, a stew made of beans and corn. Everyone would wear Tlaloc masks made of woven grass, and car...
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