Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Welcome to the Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali


Djenne
Originally uploaded by trudeau
Let's go to the continent of Africa, where clothing flows with graceful, billowing lines.

The bearded man in the foreground is holding a harp-like, gourd-based kora. We would imagine he's a griot.

It was not my intention to portray the people in the mid ground in a scuffle. They were supposed to be dancing. But, sh*t happens. Even outside a mosque, sometimes.

The mud and wood mosque of Djenne is a monument. The expanses of smooth, hard mud wall are studded by the protruding ends of the structure's wooden skeleton.

First sketch of 08, I do believe.