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Intersect. To meet and cross at a point. To overlap. To share a common space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life consists of intersections, of crisscrossing, of bisecting and squeezing into, onto and through the public commons, bound for or coming from our more private lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street corners are theaters of intersection. <\/strong>There is a daily playbill of drama, comedy, and tragedy \u2013 not everyone who ventures off a crowded curb navigates intact to the opposite one. In Oaxaca, the troupe of pedestrians performs to a cacophonous score \u2013 the guttural grind of diesel, the bleating grievance of car horns, and the incessant blare of amplified advertisements for cheap eyeglasses, miracle herbs, knock-off denim and dozens of other quotidian products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With each change of the signal light<\/strong>, a fresh queue of citizen actors strides onto the stage. Their props identify them \u2013 mothers laden with infants; students encumbered with bloated backpacks; invitees to weddings or graduations or birthday parties juggling floating balloons and shrink-wrapped gifts; vendors carrying candied apples, bottled water, or plastic bags stuffed with slices of fruit drenched in lime and salsa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three things never change:<\/strong> the flow of humanity; the asphalt, lampposts and buildings; and me. I wait in my space. For the intersection, for the overlap, for the crossing of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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