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Jeremy Green “Holy Dirt” 1/22/20

The Church is such a big part of the old southwest US which was settled in the early 1600’s by the Spanish. It’s mysterious to this WASP photographer. A Native American might use a different and possibly stronger adjective to describe it. This shrine in rural New Mexico was fascinating and curious to me. From my travels in that part of the world and in Mexico, I’ve acquired a sense of endearment as well as bewilderment with the rites and rituals that shaped the culture. I find it quaint, because I don’t understand its power.