CONCEPT and GENERAL SYMBOLISM

	The Wind, Ehecatl, enters masked as shown in codices and statues with
a conical hat, snout and false beard. he has huge black wings like those of a 
bat, a powerful and frightening god in itself in Pre-Columbian beliefs.
art of his robe beneath can be seen showing the sacred Quetzal bird whose 
feathers were used for decoration and in ritual. The Quetzal was associated 
with the god Quetzalcoatl of whom Ehecatl was considered to be an aspect.
	Ehecatl folds his wings and they fall to the floor  revealing the 
first cloak in its entirety. It is a representation of the Earth without
 music. The people are sad or asleep and the waters are clouded and stormy.
 Even the colours of the Quetzal bird are dulled. The central tree is bare 
and contorted. The tree is reminiscent of the four trees that hold up the 
heavens as well as the tree that the wind  himself was temporarily transformed
 into when he fled to earth with his lover.
	As the god, Tezcatlipoca, commands, the Wind flies to the house of the
 sun and Ehecatl turns to display the second cloak. This is bright and 
cheerful with the four groups of musicians represented  by their respective 
 colours and  by symbols alluding to the descriptions in the text of clouds,
 cradle songs, war and flute playing. The House of the sun itself is shown as
 a temple from one of the codex on top of the pyramid of the sun from Mexico
 and its order can be seen in the symmetry of the design. The whole is preside
d over by the disc of the Sun God himself.
	In order to disrupt the Suns' house Tezcatlipoca sends a great storm
 and at its climax the cloak falls to reveal the third picture. This uses the
 Mixtec emblem of the House of the Sun, a  patterned ring, to illustrate the
 fracturing of harmony.  As the musicians run into the arms of the Wind he
 gathers them to him and turns raising his arms to show the final design, 
the world full of music.
	The last cloak is similar in lay out to the first. It has a male 
and a female figure, a central tree with a Quetzal bird and the waters of
 the earth are there as well. However,  the colours of this cloak are bright
 and vibrant. The people are awake and smiling and covered in flowers. The
 tree has fresh green leaves and the Quetzal bird is made up of shiny,
 brilliant colours and gold. Even the waters are clear and calm.