Like Gorillas in the Mist

Hola friends. "Delivery" is a term that defines the process when expectacions are not merely met, but actually exceeded. When an experience not only leaves you with a sense of internal bliss, but also with a need to share what just took place, then such moments in life are worthy of this term.

With this said, the Carlos Santana concert at the Zocalo "delivered." The crowd was excited despite some light rain. Santana rocked the masses with his infamous guitar playing. The concert was a night to remember. Listening to Black Magic Woman in the symbolic heart of the city and the country was quite the experience. Following the concert I took off to Patzcuaro, Michoacan. This pleasant fishing village off the Lago Patzcuaro is only about 4 hours away from Mexico City. This region of the state of Michoacan is surrounded by many lakes and amazing displays of local culture, via art, crafts and culinary delights. A visit to Janitzio, the island pueblo in the middle of the lake, is a must do journey. You can take a boat to the island for $30 pesos, roughly $3 dollars. While there, one is able to climb to the top of a juggernaut-like statue at the center of the island. The view from this monument is spectacular.

The importance of this trip is that while my friend Josh and I were experiencing this adventure, we concluded that in life one must always be eager to search for more life, to ascend to a higher ground and be vigilant of what life has to offer us, through physical and psychological nourishment. As mammals, human beings start life by suckling. This initial behavior exemplifies our instinctive will to survive, grow and live. Understanding the art and metaphor of "suckling" is in this way a return to the primitive, to the instinctive and to the source of our humanity. It is the process of untangling this behavior that we all exercised in infancy that should continue to drive us as adults. We should always be looking to find the nectar in life, the source of a subjective happiness, and the fertile ground from which we can grow strong and versatile. Like gorillas in the mist, we can learn to be comfortable around the unknown and reflect about the world around us. Despite a lack of Jane Goodall(s) and Sigourney Weaver(s), we must learn to communicate our goals, articulate our aspirations and effectively convey our convictions. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/goodall/