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<em>"Mr. Gonzalo Salinas Cruz gives thanks to Saint Martin of Porres for saving me from death when a Martian attempted to abduct me when I came out of the cantina. Mr. Fermin Luna Sambrano/ March 9, 1987.</em>

The second name is probably the artist’s. One thing I find interesting and curious are the white dots or lights over Sr. Cruz’ head. Is it an iconographic representation of drunkenness, or does it have some religious meaning? On the right is presumably a portrait of the penitent sinner and a standard representation of the Saint. The “martian” descends in a cone of greenish light. He has the requisite bug eyes, but they’re turned upwards, like teardrops. He’s fairly stocky as well.

...This example of Mexican naive art hangs in my hallway. I had it matted with black velvet and framed in ostentatious gold. It’s an example of a <em>retablo</em> or votive painting that is commissioned when someone wants to thank a particular saint for saving them from disease, accidents, or other misfortune."

Posted by Greg Bishop at <a href="http://www.ufomystic.com/wake-up-down-there/mexican-abduction-art/" target="_blank">UFOMystic.com</a>