The cycle of life Color:Chochineal dyed

The cycle of life Color:Chochineal dyedSize: 80x150cm; 2. 6x5ft Weaver: Rosa Sosa Materials and methods. Fine merino wool natural dyed with indigo, tagetes lucida and coffee cochineal. Hand woven on a walking Zapotec loom of the 16th century style. Patterns and symbols: the cycle of life pattern that surrounds the rug is the symbol one gets by joining both hands at the tips of the fingers similar to a mudra. This union represents the balance of the left and right side of our awareness. On

Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed

that is the spiritual realm of humanity

just like we did when we were kids

this is what we call Repi Scha'à which translates as energy rise (as in electricity)

you would understand it as shamans or medicine woman / man

a way of perception that uses logic

An average human eye can see about one million colours

If features the Nahual (medicine women or man) symbol as its main feature

you need fire to transform ore into metals

it also has an agave thorn in its left hand that represents the penitence needed to attain awareness

this is because the growth of our corn plants is intimately joined with the subtle astronomical phenomena in the sky

people also dreamed much better in those days too so the connection to the spirit world was much stronger