Wish trees at Yoko Ono's The Broad exhibition

 

There is this on-going Yoko Ono's exhibition at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, and though Yoko is not one of my favorite artists, I thought it would be interesting to go and see it. 

I really liked the black and white pictures from other artists that took photos of Yoko in action. Another interesting activity was to see people hanging wishes labels to the trees next to the museum. 

From Wikipedia, he's a brief explanation of what it's all about:

Wish Tree is an ongoing art installation series by Japanese artist Yoko Ono, started in 1996, in which a tree native to a site is planted under her direction. Viewers are usually invited to tie a written wish to the tree except during the winter months when a tree can be more vulnerable. Locations of the piece have included New York City, St. Louis, Detroit, Wish Tree for Washington, DC, San Francisco, Pasadena, and Palo Alto, California, Tokyo, Venice, Paris, Dublin, London, Exeter, England, Finland and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Calgary. 

Her 1996 Wish Piece had the following instructions: Make a wish. Write it down on a piece of paper. Fold it and tie it around a branch of a Wish Tree. Ask your friends to do the same. Keep wishing. Until the branches are covered with wishes.

All pictures by Myriam Mahiques, May 2026. Pls do not share without my permission.

Teotihuacan native landscape

 

Visiting the splendid pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico is an unforgettable experience. But how many people sees the Piramide del Sol through the beautiful native species garden? It is a matter of attention, of finding different points of view.

The garden is around the Museum and it has ancient sculptures as well. It is worth to take all possible paths, even though I found the difference of levels is not fully accessible.  I'm sharing some of my pictures of the site from May 2025, please do not share without my permission.