https://mesostudio.net MESO Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:27:16 +0000 https://mesostudio.net en https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Menu Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:41:51 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Menu MESO STUDIO ◊ COXUMEL EL CARACOL SELVAORACLE PATOLLI XOLJAL ode to rhumboogie Undocumented Archives ArtifactsFABRICATION https://mesostudio.net/Leyenda Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:57:51 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Leyenda birth — inheritance — migration — severance — isolation — longing — remembrance — futuring — returning — always becoming&nbsp; I’ve been trying to remember distant, ancestral homelands, histories [and futures] that I can’t quite hold but await my reclamation. Ancestors, knowledges, communities carried in the unconscious inheritances passed through my family; pre-colonial vestiges holding out for the spotlight of memory, hungry to be given conscious life. Post-colonial timelines, yearning to be alchemized into our current timespace.&nbsp; <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62a849b59de74cd1f845d949158b2189fb6b78f16ed11691dd7382d00cd1233d/Oracle-Detail-2.jpg" data-mid="244939847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62a849b59de74cd1f845d949158b2189fb6b78f16ed11691dd7382d00cd1233d/Oracle-Detail-2.jpg" /> https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Header Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:57:52 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Mobile-Header LEYENDA ◊ josué.esaú.romero.velasquez.chaac.orion.sué Fabrication Contact CV website in progress <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50c7952abc76e9626475c8b90488033a9373ab8a2e234da229c1e38be9157762/IMG_0925.JPG" data-mid="199522108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50c7952abc76e9626475c8b90488033a9373ab8a2e234da229c1e38be9157762/IMG_0925.JPG" /> https://mesostudio.net/SELVA Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:25:57 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/SELVA <img src="https://files.cargocollective.com/c1360164/DSC_0465.JPG" style="width: 100vw; max-width: 100vw; margin-left: calc(-50vw + 50%); margin-top: calc(-75vw + 50%); position: relative; left: 0;"> “Para los invasores fue más complicado conquistar zonas del Caribe, en donde la selva se erguía como una vasta frontera difícil de penetrar, con un clima insoportable, indios bravos y riquezas quiméricas.” —Centroamérica, Luisa Pardo y Lázaro G. Rodriguez, Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol, 2024 El indio no es el que mira usted en el catálogo de turismo, cargando bultos o llevándole comida a la mesa.Tampoco el que ve desde la ventanilla y pide monedas haciendo malabares,ni el que habla una lengua muy otra y resiste fríos nocturnos.No, el indio está adentro, y a veces se le sale, acéptelo, aunque lo entierre en apellidos, aunque lo socave bieny niegue su manchita de infancia, ahí está, acéptelo. Y si aparece esa agua rancia, voraz, el aguardiente que inflama, ya verá que se le sale,el indio empuja con su fuerza de siglos, emerge ardoroso y se le sale, con lo guardado,con lo que dura doliendo.No, no es otro, el indio soy yo, a ver, repita conmigo. <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08db99b9e4818d76f4a4f22bb6fc5f9fdc38446314050ea479fb047910a5b6c7/SELVA---2-of-3.jpeg" data-mid="252092292" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08db99b9e4818d76f4a4f22bb6fc5f9fdc38446314050ea479fb047910a5b6c7/SELVA---2-of-3.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3930f4bf733b0e5e232bc6df5f010d13e492219af072a700936a78da0dc4b988/DSC_0452.JPG" data-mid="252092281" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3930f4bf733b0e5e232bc6df5f010d13e492219af072a700936a78da0dc4b988/DSC_0452.JPG" /> <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d7d85de53649e9c2458414449d7c277f0c79fa8de104d6ead54b147201dc8d0/SELVA---1-of-3.jpeg" data-mid="252092291" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d7d85de53649e9c2458414449d7c277f0c79fa8de104d6ead54b147201dc8d0/SELVA---1-of-3.jpeg" /> https://mesostudio.net/CARACOL-1 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:27:16 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/CARACOL-1 <img width="1170" height="879" width_o="1170" height_o="879" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e83ba1117c8ddb921f9f2e1196947f4a85734f24a06ea945fa16a4f56a2a6744/Caracol-diagram-BL.png" data-mid="251868136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e83ba1117c8ddb921f9f2e1196947f4a85734f24a06ea945fa16a4f56a2a6744/Caracol-diagram-BL.png" /> <img width="5472" height="3072" width_o="5472" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ffcbc8feb01adaf75adab87f62be624eb261f16284182d713ff67eecf15dde8/IMG_1133.JPG" data-mid="251874209" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ffcbc8feb01adaf75adab87f62be624eb261f16284182d713ff67eecf15dde8/IMG_1133.JPG" /> CARACOL // SOUNDSCAPE COMPOSED // BSA GOLD <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c705b9c219e49fa1562fc2c086111f22f0f84882666e87f92b7fef38e370940c/CARACOL---9-of-46.jpeg" data-mid="251874198" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/c705b9c219e49fa1562fc2c086111f22f0f84882666e87f92b7fef38e370940c/CARACOL---9-of-46.jpeg" /> Rituals use somatic theatrics to open portalsRemembering is somatic dialogue with the past A culture that does not honor its ancestral deadCannot imagine the futureCannot place itself in living presentDreaming is the vehicle of our ecological belonging, dreams belong to lifeDreams and visions need an ecology in which to live and gr We welcome the solstice, our longest day on this half of the planet Longest day is simultaneously longest night They happen together Bright summer and deep winter Inexorable, continuous like breath There is also wisdom in recognizing that this day marks the beginning of the summer, yet The warmth lags behind. It clashes with the residual coldness of our lake It give us rain and wind, change and erosion It gives and gives, we receive and receive <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1331a2793b696d78c66c85094bda0115a04ce8ccfbbc1b38904b8305bdabf6c9/CARACOL---32-of-46.jpeg" data-mid="251874203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/1331a2793b696d78c66c85094bda0115a04ce8ccfbbc1b38904b8305bdabf6c9/CARACOL---32-of-46.jpeg" /> <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80da7b4a6a4c03dd199ab08da7c5bd2f7ae220a4ab3ca698991233c20f7a07ba/CARACOL---30-of-46.jpeg" data-mid="251874201" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/80da7b4a6a4c03dd199ab08da7c5bd2f7ae220a4ab3ca698991233c20f7a07ba/CARACOL---30-of-46.jpeg" /> <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ada4476579bf0070acbf3928c2fcc3c23b6851b38895a8bfe64f7c3b9c8d715b/CARACOL---22-of-46.jpeg" data-mid="252014997" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ada4476579bf0070acbf3928c2fcc3c23b6851b38895a8bfe64f7c3b9c8d715b/CARACOL---22-of-46.jpeg" /> Today is a day of abundance <img width="1170" height="879" width_o="1170" height_o="879" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e83ba1117c8ddb921f9f2e1196947f4a85734f24a06ea945fa16a4f56a2a6744/Caracol-diagram-BL.png" data-mid="251868136" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e83ba1117c8ddb921f9f2e1196947f4a85734f24a06ea945fa16a4f56a2a6744/Caracol-diagram-BL.png" /> Abundant light, birdsong, waving waterWe mark today with abundant food, drinks, energy, friendsWe give, and expect not backFor the trees dont measure the air they produce, nor the beauty they hold The birds do not sing with recognition in mind We too are part of a thick textile of exchangelife giving and receiving itselfEnergy consumed, passed, offered, recycled So when we take care of the land, when we tend to the life around us, we tend to ourselves, we tend to life and magic, and the breath that bore usWe welcome the solsticeLongest day and longest night <img width="1177" height="956" width_o="1177" height_o="956" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/584bd1a714d3482c7f980fc5981a0809f60cec44d5532223d0d83574a90d312b/CARACOL---38-of-46.jpeg" data-mid="251874205" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/584bd1a714d3482c7f980fc5981a0809f60cec44d5532223d0d83574a90d312b/CARACOL---38-of-46.jpeg" /> https://mesostudio.net/TEWICHIBAL Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:37:38 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/TEWICHIBAL &nbsp; &nbsp; TEWICHIBAL, a blessing ritual for this newwork, an invitation to participants and ancestors alike to share space. Thank you to Jordan and Isra for invoking this blessing with me. https://mesostudio.net/Ceyo-XOLJAL Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:18:25 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/Ceyo-XOLJAL <img width="6000" height="2856" width_o="6000" height_o="2856" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03a53dbea83272da05c9f160750ad8d01fbc3c7139bf3ff02ea7bb9bc8635f26/DSC06707-Pano-copy.jpg" data-mid="168600911" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03a53dbea83272da05c9f160750ad8d01fbc3c7139bf3ff02ea7bb9bc8635f26/DSC06707-Pano-copy.jpg" />Xoljal/ the mesosphere: a space for maroons, for the energetic refugees, for the magicians and poets, lovers and hope-full romantics, the interlopers moving between dimensions, los vagabundos y los que siguen perdiéndose. Here is a place for rest and refuge, respite from hostile worlds that aren't made for us. Let this space cozy your dreams, your visions, your magic/ Xojowik/ aqui, bailan mis ancestros.&nbsp; In this space, we talk and play with our ancestors, and our inheritors. We eat together. We dance together. There are figures without faces, who offer warm greetings all the same, jasmächa’. They offer ancient, familiar food, they dress in exquisite fabrics and dance with confident grace. They are warriors, poets, scribes, astronomers, crafters, and everything in between/ The mesospace reverberates into this dimension, demanding manifestation, encoded through weaving, energetically mediated by copper, and materialized in garments/ <img width="2671" height="4642" width_o="2671" height_o="4642" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d1ee020e3097923af51bcc12e64e0fc79412cee0c277bca985e35d459541988/DSC06763-copy.jpg" data-mid="168687303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d1ee020e3097923af51bcc12e64e0fc79412cee0c277bca985e35d459541988/DSC06763-copy.jpg" /> sutinaq — circleulew — land; soil; earth uxlab ulew — vapor from the earthuxlabal — soul, breath qajbal q’ij (n) west, in divination with the past tail — rhythmmul — time kem, kiem — weaving time is thick and palpable and pulsing. woven and swaying, speaking, listening. stretching, compressing, jagged, flowing. ordered and asymmetrical kach ch’ich — copper q’aq — fire, heat q’axanel — mediator; intermediary energy buzzes, tingling ling ling , hanging in the air and in your cells, grounded in celestial bronze chomal che’ — trunk jumetal che’ —&nbsp; bark k’amal che’ — root stern and rooted, swaying and dancing, swelling in laughter, ja’jatemal. Here we sing to the trees, Oyaaaa, que oigan, y que escuchen relibal q’ij — east, that which comes with the sun uxlabal — soul, breath uxlab ulew — vapor from the earth ulew — land; soil; earth sutinaq — circle <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/999bc5ec21f1c8469400837bfea445389552f392edf253e5f37bba0333e2f4e3/DSC06698.jpg" data-mid="168600466" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/999bc5ec21f1c8469400837bfea445389552f392edf253e5f37bba0333e2f4e3/DSC06698.jpg" /> <img width="5304" height="7952" width_o="5304" height_o="7952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc78e75a5b85928bcca006225722ac77fe3a52151386d71819934cb526cfb0df/DSC06761.jpg" data-mid="169240933" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc78e75a5b85928bcca006225722ac77fe3a52151386d71819934cb526cfb0df/DSC06761.jpg" /> <img width="7952" height="5304" width_o="7952" height_o="5304" 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height_o="2179" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0609afc87b29224edec3ef24a8f6d8bc9f92095a329d3a40014f797453e1e79/ode-to-rhumboogie.jpeg" data-mid="244833535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0609afc87b29224edec3ef24a8f6d8bc9f92095a329d3a40014f797453e1e79/ode-to-rhumboogie.jpeg" />An ode to ancestral sound — in Chicago, and in the motherlands of Mesoamerica and Western Africa.&nbsp;“In celebration of Washington Park’s rich cultural heritage, we are excited to present “ode to rhumboogie,” an interactive sound sculpture that invites play, experimentation, and social connection. Created by Chicago artists Ebere Agwuncha, a transdisciplinary craftsperson [and fabricator], and Josué Esaú, a multidisciplinary fabricator, this installation draws inspiration from the historic Rhumboogie Cafe—a once-thriving jazz and blues club that stood where the Arts Lawn is located today.The design of “ode to rhumboogie” is influenced by stringed instruments from across the African diaspora, such as the Banjo, Berimbau, and Kora. The sculpture features woven strings, a wooden bridge, and a metallic gong that echo the architectural and musical legacy of the Rhumboogie stage. Crafted with willow threads and playable metal strings, the installation also includes an arch in vibrant shades of copper, green, brown, and black, inviting visitors to engage with the art in a truly unique way. “ode to rhumboogie” offers an opportunity to create your own melodies and rhythms by interacting with the strings and percussive elements.” <img width="4032" height="2319" width_o="4032" height_o="2319" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4be99cb1c5c9a4351cbfbcbc9fa22e1d82127c791dbda099ea6656168124e3ad/ode--front.jpeg" data-mid="244833544" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4be99cb1c5c9a4351cbfbcbc9fa22e1d82127c791dbda099ea6656168124e3ad/ode--front.jpeg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f71d986acdcdfa23be1e378b80198aae999d64d76d81dabe1fd714e2ee8460d7/ode--ben-scream.jpg" data-mid="244833542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f71d986acdcdfa23be1e378b80198aae999d64d76d81dabe1fd714e2ee8460d7/ode--ben-scream.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f826c25128c63ed92341644366b23fa2700b81d85fb25a3ae747b72220edf252/ode-detail.jpg" data-mid="244833541" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f826c25128c63ed92341644366b23fa2700b81d85fb25a3ae747b72220edf252/ode-detail.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66073f6750c12aa1464fb42510bd7dd350aff948b76ffbcfd9e0251362c066b4/_LM_1405.jpg" data-mid="244833539" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66073f6750c12aa1464fb42510bd7dd350aff948b76ffbcfd9e0251362c066b4/_LM_1405.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2efac12d0f9f805af06dffcfd7b71db1fa6cfebe891249f0a8335f2c5fa2336a/_LM_1400.jpg" data-mid="244833538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2efac12d0f9f805af06dffcfd7b71db1fa6cfebe891249f0a8335f2c5fa2336a/_LM_1400.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dae86c5db26710f2c4eaa1e4f99355473ca5ef289fd52d44bdb1c28f182890d3/ode--Activation.jpg" data-mid="246939561" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dae86c5db26710f2c4eaa1e4f99355473ca5ef289fd52d44bdb1c28f182890d3/ode--Activation.jpg" /> Images by Natasha Moustache.&nbsp; https://mesostudio.net/ORACLE Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:08:13 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/ORACLE <img width="3498" height="5305" width_o="3498" height_o="5305" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84bc89f9e13174cf565cb8128b6b3be5768f6c256706975796347349c474a1d9/Oracle.jpg" data-mid="246939669" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84bc89f9e13174cf565cb8128b6b3be5768f6c256706975796347349c474a1d9/Oracle.jpg" /> Your teachers are all around you All that you perceive All that you experience All that is given to you or taken from you All that you love or hate, need or fear Will teach you If youre willing to learn All successful life is adaptable, opportunistic, tenacious, interconnected and fecund. <img width="1451" height="3330" width_o="1451" height_o="3330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09261c20ffae93165c4350aae98c39148ec44576ddd87b8a298c63230c851ae9/Bartolo.jpg" data-mid="247108887" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09261c20ffae93165c4350aae98c39148ec44576ddd87b8a298c63230c851ae9/Bartolo.jpg" /> Welcome everyone. I appreciate you all joining me for a little temporal excursion. My voice will be your guide through multiple spaces and times. This will be an exercise in expanding our sense of time, our ancestral empathy, our capacity to live in the future, the past and in our bodies simultaneously. We are a multigenerational organism. You might know history, know the events, the players, the facts, but do we feel history in our guts? Can we connect with the psychoemotional experience of our ancestors, when they were free, when they were enslaved ? How far do you dream? Can you feel liberation in your limbs ? Does it taste familiar? Can you witness the freedom of your descendants as your own? Can you dance with them? Do you respond to the bubbling mantle to shape the world? Or the anxiety that comes with its disfucntion? This abyss surrounds us everyday. What do you do with the darkness? We live in the heart of a genocidal war-bent empire, run by literal pedophiles prioritizing profit and resource accumulation at the expense of all life on the planet. This is not an isolated incident, but a natural progression to centuries of pillaging and subjugation. This mode of thinking must be understood as part of our humanity, a pattern that we have not yet learned how to address. It is easy to blame another, or throw up our hands in front of systems beyond our control. But there are other patterns held in our collective capacity. Resistance reverberates in our blood. It sings and dances and demands attention. This darkness is a moment, a painful moment, but we get to shape the humanity that we want. We shape whats possible. That is our mantle as artists, as a community, as a species. We deal in visions; we must expand the collective vision of whats possible. We must situate our awareness in the longest visions of history we can imagine. This expansive time-sense is not meant to be comforting. Change is not comfortable. Yet, change is the only constant. God is change. We shape god. All successful life is adaptable, opportunistic, tenacious, interconnected and fecund. <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b65953e9f4fbe6fd04b3713b2952cb8e1261977b57acf6b1e8d89d1ffdc391c5/Oracle--Altar.jpg" data-mid="246939681" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b65953e9f4fbe6fd04b3713b2952cb8e1261977b57acf6b1e8d89d1ffdc391c5/Oracle--Altar.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c09689913ca2776acd21cd2d4b016c247c61be88efac890f623e6e5ba3f9ec0/detail-1.jpg" data-mid="246939679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c09689913ca2776acd21cd2d4b016c247c61be88efac890f623e6e5ba3f9ec0/detail-1.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49100ff6bafbea829720592c05700e22c4a1bd5528782cc80fe20933be0b8c12/260211_Center_Program_Exhibition_0972.jpg" data-mid="246939678" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49100ff6bafbea829720592c05700e22c4a1bd5528782cc80fe20933be0b8c12/260211_Center_Program_Exhibition_0972.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af23ca335cfb35413aabbc138234735bdc37bb7d60066f8fc9cc54b9137e6d36/Detail-3-.jpg" data-mid="246939680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af23ca335cfb35413aabbc138234735bdc37bb7d60066f8fc9cc54b9137e6d36/Detail-3-.jpg" /> A culture that does not honor its ancestral dead Cannot imagine the future Cannot place itself in living present Dreaming is the vehicle of our ecological belonging, dreams belong to life Dreams and visions need an ecology in which to live and grow Dreams belong to life Prescience is a heavy blessing It demands discipline and healthy detachment A relinquishing of your desires and discernment of all possibility, those that bring salvation Those that bring us harm Selecting among agonies Whatever the price for liberation We will pass through consuming darkness realities indistinguishable from imaginations Hungering for absolutes that cannot be Security does not exist in nature The abyss remains Pregnant with everything yet to be Gentle violence, agonizing possibility All successful life is adaptable, opportunistic, tenacious, interconnected and fecund. <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c33efd7187356e25cbd1e9c60c7fcf33d500b266cd5313c29fafbef6ee97093/BF2F6A8A-4AFA-4F3A-902A-09C8C6DA9BDF_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="246941261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c33efd7187356e25cbd1e9c60c7fcf33d500b266cd5313c29fafbef6ee97093/BF2F6A8A-4AFA-4F3A-902A-09C8C6DA9BDF_1_105_c.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e577b48af8505f2ac33f15c3375b0ede9ce01670e8fbc9d52ce8fcabd83bf2a/E008AD89-AF70-4C00-9E74-57F33D0DE7C5_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="246941269" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e577b48af8505f2ac33f15c3375b0ede9ce01670e8fbc9d52ce8fcabd83bf2a/E008AD89-AF70-4C00-9E74-57F33D0DE7C5_1_105_c.jpeg" /> Some Images by Jonathan Castillo, of artdocchicago. https://mesostudio.net/COZUMEL Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:25:09 +0000 MESO https://mesostudio.net/COZUMEL <img width="1352" height="562" width_o="1352" height_o="562" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1fd58d4faf4e9072f2783c43ea11c1a87fbef386179c27bcbb303162f8f5ef3/Screenshot-2026-09-18-at-12.34.58AM.png" data-mid="252283827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1fd58d4faf4e9072f2783c43ea11c1a87fbef386179c27bcbb303162f8f5ef3/Screenshot-2026-09-18-at-12.34.58AM.png" /> <img width="1044" height="376" width_o="1044" 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data-mid="252283798" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da16040e9d1d0f760363e6fed5e65955cd0e23f1513fb228990c38617ffbd653/Screenshot-2026-09-18-at-12.29.53AM.png" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70ebd6cbb74045b097fd6bbee7df4a6b54be591cff75e03f9ae7af209758f4be/DSC_0814.JPG" data-mid="252283684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70ebd6cbb74045b097fd6bbee7df4a6b54be591cff75e03f9ae7af209758f4be/DSC_0814.JPG" /> COMPOSITION //&nbsp; BSA GOLD &nbsp; &nbsp;