Walter Paz Joj. Illustrations with Tz’ib’ and Heart.

Translated by Lorrie Jayne Walter Paz Joj is an ajtz’ib (a Maya Kaqchikel scribe), a designer, musician and  community leader in Pan Ajache’l (Sololá, Iximulew/Guatemala). Like many young people in Iximulew, Paz Joj is revitalizing the tz’ib’ (in its form of gliphs/epigraphs) with which the ancients painted the codices, sculpted the rocks, and registered the … Continue reading Walter Paz Joj. Illustrations with Tz’ib’ and Heart.