Trip to Tucson
I just returned from a wonderful road trip to Tucson, AZ, with my friends, Ruchir Gupta and Mani Kumar. First, we headed out toward the middle of nowhere (which is where BioSphere 2 is located). Bio2 is a unique experiment where scientists initially tried to create a confined, sustainable ecosystem. Of course, the experiment failed. They ran out of Oxygen due to organisms inside producing too much CO2, and this was during the winter months when the Sun wasn't helping very much. Now, Bio2 is focused on studying photosynthesis in a controlled environment and is the only such laboratory in the world with tropic forests and an ocean.
Just in case you're wondering, Bio1 is the earth we live in.
From Bio2, we headed out to Downtown Tucson. Although it was touted as a walking tour, we found it quite lousy initially, having kind of lost our way. We were all quite hungry and Ruchir suggested that we go to the University of Arizona. Thats always a good idea. We stopped a student and asked her to guide us, and we landed right at where the action was - Park and Euclid. Had an awesome lunch at this Mexican place - there were 10 different types of Salsa. We all loved the Mango salsa in particular (dessert in the desert!)
Ruchir right outside the restaurant
Our next focus of interest was the Center for Creative Photography at the Univ of Arizona. We were stunned by the photographs displayed.
Ruchir on his singhaasan.. the chair is an extension of the pillar
We also visited the San Xavier del Bac mission where the Spaniard missionaries first arrived and announced to the native population's surprise that their land was part of the Spanish empire (this is recorded in the museum). The mission is old and quite beautiful. I was surprised by the fact that Jesus wasn't depicted at the center - it was Francis Xavier instead.
Here's a statue of Francis Xavier (in his coffin). I was surprised that there was no mention about Goa.
The highlight of the trip was our little chat at the Native American Art Center, right opposite to the church. We stumbled into this tiny jewellery store and realized that everything was too expensive. I admitted that I had to return to the store after I got a job and had a wife. The two ladies who ran the store immediately agreed with me, they knew what it was like to be a student. Then, I walked over to one of them and asked them to teach me how to appreciate native American art. I got the best 30 min class I could have had and we not only discussed the finer points of Hopi art, we also got into Tribal Law and how it works for the native people, the contradictions with Federal Law - this was Prof. Howard's class on Voluntary Social Systems in action and I wish I could have brought this lady over for an invited talk.
We also met her son who showed us his sketch book - he is the best artist in his school and his drawings were awesome! I wish we had taken some photographs with these wonderful people. Right now, they reside in my heart.
Just in case you're wondering, Bio1 is the earth we live in.
From Bio2, we headed out to Downtown Tucson. Although it was touted as a walking tour, we found it quite lousy initially, having kind of lost our way. We were all quite hungry and Ruchir suggested that we go to the University of Arizona. Thats always a good idea. We stopped a student and asked her to guide us, and we landed right at where the action was - Park and Euclid. Had an awesome lunch at this Mexican place - there were 10 different types of Salsa. We all loved the Mango salsa in particular (dessert in the desert!)
Ruchir right outside the restaurant
Our next focus of interest was the Center for Creative Photography at the Univ of Arizona. We were stunned by the photographs displayed.
Ruchir on his singhaasan.. the chair is an extension of the pillar
We also visited the San Xavier del Bac mission where the Spaniard missionaries first arrived and announced to the native population's surprise that their land was part of the Spanish empire (this is recorded in the museum). The mission is old and quite beautiful. I was surprised by the fact that Jesus wasn't depicted at the center - it was Francis Xavier instead.
Here's a statue of Francis Xavier (in his coffin). I was surprised that there was no mention about Goa.
The highlight of the trip was our little chat at the Native American Art Center, right opposite to the church. We stumbled into this tiny jewellery store and realized that everything was too expensive. I admitted that I had to return to the store after I got a job and had a wife. The two ladies who ran the store immediately agreed with me, they knew what it was like to be a student. Then, I walked over to one of them and asked them to teach me how to appreciate native American art. I got the best 30 min class I could have had and we not only discussed the finer points of Hopi art, we also got into Tribal Law and how it works for the native people, the contradictions with Federal Law - this was Prof. Howard's class on Voluntary Social Systems in action and I wish I could have brought this lady over for an invited talk.
We also met her son who showed us his sketch book - he is the best artist in his school and his drawings were awesome! I wish we had taken some photographs with these wonderful people. Right now, they reside in my heart.
# posted by somik @ 9:40 AM 
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