protectors

lizard.
i love them.

they are such odd but beautiful creature. the eyes, the move, the texture of its body.

we call them "yamori" in japanese.
the pronunciation of "yamori" could be interpreted as "house protector, somebody who protects the home," and that's what we call them.

they protect home.
from whatever bad, sad, or negative.

so, i gave these to jd, who was going through some renovation of her house. whoever having any hard time with the house needs to have extra yamoris.

good luck for her home.

fighters

a mexican artist gave me a packet of goodies.

a cd of his music (he was a performance/ sound artist), a toy with a bell to make noise, a rubber made horse, and this.

two mexican wrestlers. not tackling, not fighting, but being bound together with the yellow cape.

they are fighters, but they are not fighting with each other. they face to the opposite direction when they stand since how they are connected determines which way they face.
it makes me think that they fight to protect something between their backs.

i liked the absurdity of this object.

one of my interns was having a birthday, so this became a b-day gift to her. thought to give her something from mexico, and this one turned out to be the one.