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Monday, June 9, 2025

Bésame Mucho: A Love Song, A Protest Anthem, A Revolution of the Heart

 

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🎵 Bésame Mucho: A Love Song, A Protest Anthem, A Revolution of the Heart

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
#WarriorUpWithArt #FightBackWithArt #LoveAlwaysWins

“Kiss me, kiss me a lot… as if tonight were the last time.”
It's not just a love song. It’s a shield. A torch. A promise.

We live in a world of fear, separation, ICE raids, injustice… but this song? This song reminds us that love—raw, romantic, unfiltered love—is the most powerful force we have.

And it was born from imagination, innocence, and faith.


🌹 The Woman Who Had Never Been Kissed

In 1940, at just 24 years old, Consuelo Velázquez, a classically trained Mexican pianist, composed Bésame Mucho after witnessing an emotional opera scene.
At the time… she had never even been kissed.

Yet somehow, from that untouched place in her heart, she wrote the most translated and recorded Mexican song in history.

Mistaken for a man in many countries, her authorship was hidden in plain sight. But this wasn't a man's work—it was the tender, brave expression of a young woman writing as if love were rebellion.

She went on to compose many more works, defend artists’ rights, and serve in Mexican Congress—never loud, always passionate. She passed away on January 22, 2005.


✊ When Singing Becomes Resistance

🎤 The Singing Revolution (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

1987–1991: Hundreds of thousands gathered to sing for their independence from Soviet rule. Singing—illegal under occupation—was their weapon. And they won. Without war.
They showed the world: a song can be a revolution.

🌺 The Carnation Revolution (Portugal, 1974)

A military dictatorship fell—without a single shot. Why?
Because soldiers listened to songs played on the radio.
And people placed flowers in rifles instead of firing them.
They sang. They danced. They freed their country.


💔 When ICE Comes… SING

Sing Bésame Mucho at the top of your lungs.
Sing when you're scared.
Sing when they knock.
Sing together, arm in arm.
Let your voice become the anthem that melts cold hearts.
Let love vibrate the walls they try to build.

Because love is more powerful than hate.
Love will prevail.
Love will WIN.
LOVE ALWAYS WINS.
Have faith. 🌈


🎶 “Think that maybe tomorrow, I’ll already be far, very far from you…”
That’s the feeling of protest. Of goodbye. Of holding on. Of fighting for the right to stay, to love, to live.

So SING. Sing like the revolution depends on it—because it does.
Let this song be your light.


💖 Dedicated with love…

To my beautiful mother, who passed away on January 22, 2007, the same day as Consuelo Velázquez two years later.
Two strong, soulful women whose love lives on—in memory, in melody, and in every brave heart that chooses love over fear.
Te amo siempre. 💕


Bésame, bésame muchoComo si fuera esta noche la última vezBésame, bésame muchoQue tengo miedo a perderte, perderte después
Bésame, bésame muchoComo si fuera esta noche la última vezBésame, bésame muchoQue tengo miedo a perderte, perderte después
Quiero tenerte muy cercaMirarme en tus ojos, verte junto a míPiensa que tal vez mañanaYo ya estaré lejos, muy lejos de ti
Bésame, bésame muchoComo si fuera esta noche la última vezBésame, bésame muchoQue tengo miedo a perderte, perderte después
Bésame, bésame muchoQue tengo miedo a perderte, perderte despuésQue tengo miedo a perdertePerderte después.  

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Pochutla, Mercado, Dia de Muertos y mas













Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017 http://zipolita.com
Related Links
Honoring my dad today- Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos Videos in Oaxaca 2012

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Honoring my dad today- Dia de los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos is on Nov 1, 2, 3 here in Zipolite and Oaxaca City and all over Mexico






Today I am honoring my dad online today on the day of his passing but this next week I will go to Pochutla and gather the flowers and little clay pot to hold the copal and create a little alter for him and put some fruit and bread and a drink there and chocolate.

He passed away when I was just a little girl of eleven. Every year I shocked at how much time has passed. Forty four years. 44 years. That is along time not to have a dad/father in your life.

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017


Do you know something else? I have been telling everyone recently I am 56...ha! ha! I just realized I am only 55. Go figure. Ha! I just gained a year! Well that's a nice surprise, I guess. Silly me.

Anyways, I just wanted to post a little bit about what Dia de los Muertos is about. Here in Mexico the relationship with death is so different. And it starts at the beginning of life. People talk about it. In the so called Canadian culture it is much different...and I am not talking about Indigenous cultures because those cultures are thousands of years old, and I talking about the last 150 years that Canada so proudly claims (puke...but that's another story)

There they have Halloween and it is COMPLETELY different than Dia de los Muertos. I read about some trolley ride and it was to go to the old morgue and other gross things. There it is about haunted houses and scary gross often violent things, like Fright nights and negative energy.

Dia de los Muertos is about LOVE! It is about honoring the people who have passed on to the next place but are with you in spirit. I carry all the people I love in my heart. They are always with me whether here in this world or the next.

Dia de los Muertos is a mix of indigenous and christianity but it is a personal thing. Honoring those you loved and still love. It's about not forgetting them. It is about showing respect and cherishing their memories.

So Daddy, I love you. I miss you. I wish you could have physically have been in my life much longer. I know you are near and in this last year I have learned how to reach out to you and ask for help, when I call on my ancestors for help, I always ask for yours. I want to thank you, thank you for all your love and support and protection.

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017
That is the garage my dad built, he was really great at building, and making things. I remember he made me a merry go round and a little swimming pool. He was a great gardener, he was a good farmer and we had a small hobby farm when I was growing up and we ate very well. He was a good provider. He had a hard life. He was the youngest of 11 children (that survived. 2 died) of Bohemian Immigrants/Settlers and I know he tried many professions like fishing and farming and he built homes for his mom in Sooke I believe and one in Vancouver...that had a bay window but it's gone and I didn't get to see it.  He built a nice home in Surrey for us.

He worked for 20 years at BCTel until they went on strike and he decide to try his hand at a business but he had no training and the timing just was not right although, he was a visionary like me. He knew the highway would get bigger and more traffic would come.

He tried so hard to make this restaurant, garage and camp ground work. He worked himself to death.

My mom and him and my brother tried to make it go 24 hours a day. It was too much. They were all sleep deprived. My father drank to deal with the sadness. He refused to go on welfare and couldn't get help anyways. The doctors just gave him pills do deal with the stress. In the end it was to much and he took his life. And since he took his life there was no life insurance and so my mom was left with an awful mess of raising 3 teens alone and dealing with debt collectors and many difficult things.


It was alot like that movie Ya Ya Sisterhood. Have you ever watched that? Not so violent but yes there was a lot of anger and stress and depression. But there was love. He loved us all so much.

He was also raised Catholic and well that is too big of an issue to discuss here but there just wasn't any help for him.

What happened to us left a legacy that I have learned to deal with and in the last year in my class in Carving and Reconciliation I dealt with a lot of the grief and the carving really helped me grieve. Art has really helped me so much.

So I will use art to build a beautiful little alter for Dia de los Muertos and honor him and my mom and all the beautifuls souls who have passed and whom I carry in my heart.

My dad is why I became a photographer. He left us all these great home movies and my mom and I made them into Vhs and then I put them on the computer and made this little video. It's about 30 minutes so get some tea and treat and watch. You may find it very interesting and you may want to do the same with your own home movies that your parents made.





This 5 years ago at the end of a fabulous night of celebrating Dia de los Muerots.



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Friday, December 30, 2016

To Zipolite with Love

A little stroll down memory lane. Wish we there. Enjoy! Sending out Peace, Love and Light to you all.



On 3 occassions we were blessed to see the Karma Cleasning Ceremony. I hope we get to again. 
http://shambhalavision.blogspot.ca/

http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.ca/2012/12/end-of-year-and-new-years-celebration.html

http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.ca/2012/12/mazunte-turtle-museo-2012.html



Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Missing Mexico September 2016

Posada Roca Blanca back in 2008
 It's that time of year again. I get so anxious and the feeling is so strong, I just want to jump on a plane and bus and head to Zipolite. I miss all my family and friends there. Nearly 4 years now since we've been back.


Photos/Art © 2007 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
 But I can't, not right now...I am going to go to school for a bit and my kid's in school, many reading this post and blog know her...she's not homeschooled any more...I have her in the system. She likes it. She's learning a lot. I wish I could teach her but she is old enough to choose.
Photos/Art © 2007 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2007 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

Photos/Art © 2007 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita



I wanted to do a shout out to everyone down there. So here goes...







http://shambhalavision.blogspot.ca



http://posadaesmeralda.blogspot.ca



http://rocablancaposada.blogspot.ca

A few years back I really tried my hardest to make an app but I just couldn't finish it so I could get it in the Playstore...but I did build this blog. Sorry I haven't updated it lately but will soon.

http://zipolitemexico.blogspot.ca/

Here's a list of hotels the have rooms in the off season for under $50 a night 
http://zipolitemexico.blogspot.ca/p/hotels.html

There's going to be a BIG CELEBRATION for Dia De Los Muertos.
I REALLY WISH WE COULD GO!  http://zipoliteoax.blogspot.ca/



http://zipoliteoax.blogspot.ca/
http://zipoliteoax.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html

http://zipoliteoax.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html

http://zipoliteoax.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html

Para crear un altar por la paz, en honor a nuestros difuntos y a los muertos victimas de la violencia en México; dentro de las actividades del 5er Festival del día de muertos, Zipolite 2016.  MECANICA: Traer velas, flores, dulces, semillas, cigarros, etc. Y el deseo que la paz regrese a nuestro México y el mundo. El altar prendera todas las velas que se recopilen el día 2 de noviembre y habrá velación. La recepción de donaciones para el altar por la paz será en los siguientes puntos: Zipolite - “Colectivo Social Club”

Google Translate ( not the best but you get it )



If you want to learn more about Mexico, Oaxaca, Zipolite, Dia de Los Muertos, you should watch my videos and read through this blog. Even though I don't post here that often there is a lot of great info here.  http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.ca


http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.ca/p/140-videos-i-made-in-mexico.html

Here's some great videos I made in Oaxaca City. It was really a wonderful experience that I was able to share with my daughter and I am very very grateful for it. They are backwards so watch in reverse order

http://youtu.be/pjYcvcKOxMA Las Catrinas-Dia de Los Muertos-2012
http://youtu.be/4g6sr2EUAlk Dia de Los Muertos in Oaxaca City 2012- Part 3
http://youtu.be/q2dEXQf13d4 Dia de Los Muertos in Oaxaca City 2012- Part 2
http://youtu.be/_NeubaH_s8w Día de los Angelitos -Nov 1 2012- Part 2
http://youtu.be/g0Ki6T1k_uI Día de los Angelitos-Nov 1 2012- Part 1
http://youtu.be/ZV5gNG2BJDo Día de los Angelitos - Complete Version
http://youtu.be/2KcfvqjWZWE Día de los Angelitos - Morning
http://youtu.be/Sxp-h-L10X8 Halloween in Oaxaca

Here's a lovely memory I would like to share with you.


This link

This link is to a Facebook Page Album for many of the Roca Blanca Area- Zipolite Businesses/Negocios and if you click through them you can find info on hotels and restaurant. Just know that I have not updated in nearly 4 years so you have to do your own research.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.693058730737212.1073741825.135255706517520&type=1&l=473c0147a4

Friday, April 22, 2016

Keep It Safe! HAPPY EARTH DAY!

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!! Feliz Día de la Tierra!!





KEEP IT SAFE!!
Aitutaki- Photos/Art © 2016 Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita



Happy Earth Day 2016

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Peace & Harmony in Zipolite

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2012