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Yesenia Mejia Urieta, Ollin Huitzilin, 24x24x2.5 in., acrylic and modeling paste on canvas
In Mexica cosmology, the hummingbird (huitzilin) carries powerful associations with transformation, courage, and ancestral presence. It is connected to Huitzilopochtli, the Mexica deity of the sun, war, and migration, whose name invokes the hummingbird and the force of movement that guides life forward.
The hummingbird in this piece represents ōllin—the sacred motion that sustains existence. It is the movement between worlds, the energy of change, and the continual process of becoming. As a messenger between the ancestral and the living, the hummingbird carries memory, resilience, and the courage to transform.
Traveling through fire, coral, trees, and sky, this landscape reflects cycles of destruction, renewal, and connection. Fire becomes a force of rebirth; trees hold the memory of lineage; coral recalls ancient life beneath the surface; and the sky opens a passage between realms. Ollin Huitzilin 24x24x2.5 Acrylic and modeling paste on canvas.
Yesenia Mejia Urieta, Ollin Huitzilin, 24x24x2.5 in., acrylic and modeling paste on canvas
In Mexica cosmology, the hummingbird (huitzilin) carries powerful associations with transformation, courage, and ancestral presence. It is connected to Huitzilopochtli, the Mexica deity of the sun, war, and migration, whose name invokes the hummingbird and the force of movement that guides life forward.
The hummingbird in this piece represents ōllin—the sacred motion that sustains existence. It is the movement between worlds, the energy of change, and the continual process of becoming. As a messenger between the ancestral and the living, the hummingbird carries memory, resilience, and the courage to transform.
Traveling through fire, coral, trees, and sky, this landscape reflects cycles of destruction, renewal, and connection. Fire becomes a force of rebirth; trees hold the memory of lineage; coral recalls ancient life beneath the surface; and the sky opens a passage between realms. Ollin Huitzilin 24x24x2.5 Acrylic and modeling paste on canvas.