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The Capitalization of Movement

Tijuana © Elsa Solorio Borbón

Tijuana © Elsa Solorio Borbón

Day after day, millions of people are forced to spend a considerable number of hours stuck in their city’s traffic, trapped in their own transit. Cities, with their people and their routines create strong pendulum-like inertias that generate a rhythmic and sequential movement.

Moving back and forth, from left to right, at a certain time,on certain days of the week is an inevitable part of daily life. There are times and routes that one thinks or hopes may be calculated. . This is where the majority of the citizens’ irritability stems from – the obstruction of movement.   For car accidents, road remodeling, and funeral marches attack one of the most cherished values that humans possess: their time.