Sacred Valley of Peru

“After some deep exploring, I found treasures of music and art not hidden but placed visible along the path put there by myself long ago in the hope that I would come this way again with the awareness that I have been this way before

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James Elston at the Temple of the Moon in Peru 2015. Photo by Matthew Nall
James Elston at the Temple of the Moon in Peru 2015. Photo by Matthew Nall

In 2015 I traveled to the Sacred Valley in Cusco, Peru as a member in a group with Gray Jeffrey and Victoria Bliss. My mission, my intentions were to reconnect with art, not with computers but with pen and paper, paint and canvas and deepen my connection with music. The art you see here on this website started with visions I had after my death experience almost 50 years ago. At that time I had no context to understand what it was that I saw.

As many things in my life have been, Peru was life-changing and life-affirming for me as it is for a lot of people.  The wide open majesty, the pristine raw beauty, the art of the people of the Incan culture who carved their living spaces into and up the slopes of the Andes Mountains. I experienced a foreign culture for the first time. (Well, except for maybe Los Angeles). Traveling with friends and new found friends.

Most photos from Peru are by Matthew Nall. Enjoy!

When I got back from Peru I took a Spanish class as I thought I would move to Peru. Well, instead I moved to the Big Island of Hawaii. I did a presentation for that class of the adventure in Spanish with a translation. Peru en Español