Revolution Avenue in Tijuana hasn't changed as much as the entrance and exit places and procedures have changed at the busiest border crossing in the world.  Patrick, Dael, Pierre, Laurent, and I went down to this "foreign" place in the middle of today.  We played the role of sight seers, and exhausted ourselves in this place which is only ten miles down the road from where I live.  I like very much the idea that another country, an exciting place, a place with foundations of art and culture that are as old as anything found in Europe exists south of us.  The news here is full of ignorant statements about the people who live south of our border.  The news is also full of information about prototypes of a border wall that are being finished... and, according to reports, one of the prototypes will be chosen the run across the entire border between the U.S. and Mexico.  The president who is declaring that a wall is needed and will be built evidently doesn't know about the historical artistic forms that were developing south of the U.S. at the same time that historical artistic forms were developing in Europe and Asia. What we are that is peculiar to our place in the world would be walled off if the wall is built.  Of course, we need border laws, and we need lawfully managed border crossings... that only makes sense, but a wall?  What would that accomplish?

I haven't forgotten that I have promised to post more photographs of our visit to LACMA on Sunday. That will come later this week.  Stay tuned.