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by John Bartosik
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "My Atecocoli" by John Bartosik. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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A caribbean conch shell transformed into an aztec ceremonial trumpet called an atecocoli in Nahuatl. The instrument had sacred and ancient... more
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A caribbean conch shell transformed into an aztec ceremonial trumpet called an atecocoli in Nahuatl. The instrument had sacred and ancient associations - with the sea, with the call to prayer, with the underworld, with the moon, with fertility, with the wind god Ehcatl, who had the power to blow life into a void, just as the blower blows life into the shell that would otherwise remain lifeless for ever. Its haunting sound harked back to the primordial blast of the world produced in the underworld by Quetzalcatl heralding the creation of humankind. The atecocoli is also blown during the solstice to herald in the new cycle of light overpowering the dark energies.
Award winning Canadian Photographer John Bartosik, who studied at Toronto's Ryerson photo arts department was a commercial photographer serving corporate, industrial, tourism and institutional clients throughout North America. John's debut as a photographer initiated in Whistler, B.C.with the tourism industry. Surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Coast Mountains, John was inspired to continue his own personal photography, some of which was published in the first of three photo gift books titled Sea to Sky Country. By 2003, John embraced the new archival technology to prepare and print his personal collection of original transparencies to digital files through high quality scans; "The results produced brilliant, exquisite colour with...
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