Time to probably explain the method behind the apparent madness for readers new to the ol' blog spot here.

Diego Rivera is best known as the leading muralist of the 20th century. Born in Guanajato and raised in Mexico City, Diego showed an early gift for the arts and engineering. He studied at the San Carlos Academy and apprenticed with José Guadalupe Posada. His talent afforded him the opportunity to study in Spain and then in Paris, where he was caught up in the influence of post-modernism and cubism. After studying with Cezanne and following in the style of Renior, and, brimming with the political idealism that was sweeping the salons and cafes in Paris, he was drawn back into Mexico's embrace. Through circumstances, Diego found himself drawn to Tehuantepec Mexico where native Mexican heritage and genes remained a vital part of the country. His art provided him a vehicle of expressing their physical beauty and soon Mexico's pre-Columbian past was demonstrated on murals far and wide under Diego's brush. The idealism from Paris and his association with a technical workers union also carried Diego into the fringes of leftist politics and caused his economy to suffer. His art, in the United States, is most notably seen at the Detroit Institute of Arts and at various museums in San Francisco. He is also known as the husband of Frida Kahlo.

Now, what, you may ask, does this have to do with a non native-American who sports his name on a blog site? Not much, except that, as a senior in college, I fell in love with the man's art and (albeit foolishly) dedicated months of research into his art for my senior thesis. That, a failed attempt to express his work and how that could be reconciled into and appreciated by modern day Christians, blossomed into a greater desire to find synergies between politics on the left and Christianity, especially in today's conservative climate. A work in progress.

As a side result, diegorivera2 was born. So, what will you find here? Things both reverent and irrevrent, topical and eternal, and hopefully something of interest to you.

Sites of interest: My web site
Detroit Institute of Arts
Milligan College