Wedding Waltz

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Michael Walker</div> </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="834" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 617 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="617" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="19af9f40.jpg" border=0 width="505" height="500" ALT="J Michael Walker, Wedding Waltz, 2006" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="362" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="348"><div> Wedding Waltz</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> by J Michael Walker, 2006</div> <div> Color pencil on paper, 80" high x 84" wide</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="617" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="253" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 181 WIDTH="247"><div> In 1974 an unpredictable invitation to go illustrate a mimeographed textbook, written by a nun in the language of the Tarahumara Indians, offered me entrée into another world. No sooner had I arrived, in a tiny village of Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara, than I felt I had come home; it helped that the next day I met the love of my life.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 87 WIDTH="247"><div> Three summers later we were married, in the modest 18th century echurch of Mimí's nearby hometown, Bocoyna. The rest is history, myth and life itself.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="247"><div> This drawing flows from a small black and white photo of us dancing the night of our wedding.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 230 WIDTH="247"><div> The old church in which we were wed looms large at left; and before it, a José Guadalupe Posada <I>calaca</I> rings one of the cast iron bells that hang out front. From above the Virgin of Guadalupe proffers lilies and <I>Rosas de Castillo</I> for Mimí's headdress; while to the left and right angels carry banners bearing the <I>copla</I> (couplet) “Ah what a fragrant rose / what a sweet cupcake / what a pretty young girl / so lucky is he whom she takes.” I can only agree.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="617" 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> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>