Help the Harp Player

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=131 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="107" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="J. 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Michael Walker</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="822"><div> <IMG SRC="2cfbc020.png" border=0 width="444" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="822" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 533 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="533" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3a7ee760.jpg" border=0 width="494" height="374" ALT="J Michael Walker's Help the Harp Player" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="407" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="393"><div> Help the Harp Player</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="393"><div> by J Michael Walker, 2004</div> <div> Sumi ink on vinyl paper, 60” high x 86” wide</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="533" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="255" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 157 WIDTH="249"><div> For over 200 years the area in and around the Plaza has been contested space, attracting competing claims from native peoples, Spaniards, Franciscans, Mexicans, Yankees, Chinese, Italians, political refugees, socialists, merchants, tourists, capitalists, preservationists, and folks in search of a good taco.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 80 WIDTH="249"><div> There can be no doubt that the creation of Olvera Street and El Pueblo Park was a good thing, preventing the destruction of yet another touchstone of our history.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 177 WIDTH="249"><div> What has made the park's creation troubling, however, is the sense that it neither faithfully captures the historical significance of the Plaza or the essence of Mexican culture - nor does it provide an opportunity for people of Mexican descent to be “in the present,” with all the attendant complexities of a life free of stereotype.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 77 WIDTH="249"><div> At the heart of this quandary is how one can express, celebrate, teach, or learn about a marginalized culture without marginalizing oneself.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="533" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="886"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="886" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>