Author: Alison Wattie

In October 2012, I drove 6,800 kms with my artist husband, Ric Kokotovich (www.rickokotovich.com), and my dog Iggy, to spend 6 months in our adopted city of Merida. Leaving the fast paced world of Calgary behind, I packed my books, art and entrepreneurial spirit, and set off to explore what lay beyond the borders that had become my life. In October 2013 we hit the road south again, hoping to find out what ‘living the dream’ really means. This is my adventure.

by Alison Wattie February 21, 2021 2

Prose+Poetry The Space Between

Perilous

When the first one came, baptized by waterthat flowed from my body and tastedof the sea, the sea became anContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie January 3, 2021 12

The Space Between

Facing fear

When we’re young, there are so many things we fear. A noise in the night, a raised voice, the deepContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie July 17, 2020 17

Prose+Poetry

Rosemarie

She talked like a pirate, mouth askew as if cradling a pipe to one corner while her eye drooped onContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie October 17, 2019 5

Art+Culture Merida Prose+Poetry

Adrift

Photograph by Alison Wattie – Poem by Joyce Luna

by Alison Wattie September 15, 2019 3

Foodology Merida

Magic of Melipona

In the ancient Chinese pseudoscience of feng shui, energy forces are used to harmonize people with their environments. In the heartContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie May 3, 2019 1

Art+Culture Merida The Space Between

How to Become a Creative Shark when you Feel like a Mollusk

I draw like a 3-year-old. A 3-year-old who’s been cauterized by the impossible expectations of society, thrown back to Pre-KContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie April 6, 2019 0

Art+Culture Merida

2019 Merida Artist Studio Tour

A great big thanks to all the talented artists who worked so hard to get their studios ready, to theContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie February 9, 2019 2

Art+Culture Meet the Artist Merida

Geppetto’s Workshop

A conversation with Joseph Kurhajec “I asked Alexander Calder once, at his Guggenheim retrospective in 1964, how he got toContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie January 21, 2019 0

Art+Culture Meet the Artist Merida

Meet the Artist: Charles Swanson

Charlie Swanson bakes bread—but not just any old bread. Charlie bakes bread like a scientist clones DNA—through research, experimentation, andContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie January 15, 2019 0

Art+Culture Meet the Artist Merida

Culture Vulture: Ivan Gabaldon

As published in Issue 1_2019 of Mid-point Magazine Ivan Gabaldon has lived in Mexico for 10 years and in MeridaContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie January 1, 2019 0

Art+Culture Meet the Artist

Meet the Artist: Liliane Karnouk

When visitors first come to Merida, they often muse about what lies behind the ancient doorways and grand facades ofContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie August 7, 2018 2

Art+Culture Prose+Poetry The Space Between

Poetic Gladiators

My mother is deciding whether to sleep upstairs or down. 16 stairs up or 16 stairs down. It doesn’t reallyContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie July 1, 2018 0

Art+Culture Merida

Art in the City

Art and culture are what bring cities and communities to life, and in 2017, Merida shone under her crown ofContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie February 27, 2018 0

Art+Culture Merida

2018 Merida Artist Studio Tour

There are two different ways of looking at the world—you can walk on the path or you can walk throughContinue Reading

by Alison Wattie February 8, 2018 0

Art+Culture Meet the Artist Merida

Meet the Artist: Emilio Suárez Trejo

“Art is reality reshuffled.” Robert Rauschenberg When you move around a canvas of Emilio Suárez Trejo, you can see howContinue Reading