After reading the twelve steps or rather the twelve guiding principles, I
could tell immediately that this subject matter must be heavy and
weighted in its real life stakes. The 4th principle of “The Blessing is
at the Center of the Wound” is just one example showing that work and
the subject matters involved are in fact deeply rooted and a touchy area
to say the least. As an actor I can relate to this truth when creating
art whose aim is to change perspectives. While reading “Sucking Water
from Mud” I couldn’t stop thinking about how sensitive of a subject
matter this event is. Dealing with personal aspects when creating art is
truly the center of the matter, where the heart of the story is.
Without digging into the core of what’s important, art is general and
meaningless
While reading some of the monuments pieces I felt as if each of them had something that they needed to prove. For example, for the Tate piece felt the need to expose what history has done to people. Each level exposed how much each person was taken advantage of in service of someone else. For the rumors of war piece exposed the whole idealism of the past resurrecting a past historical leader to make sure that the event does not happen again. The Bracero monument exposed all of the work that the people of that time had done in order to make sure that not another person is taken advantage of again. But truth be told, all of these monuments have come with some sort of backlash. The bracero monument had gotten criticism for stating that the braceros were free to do what they wished. From what the article had stated that was not the truth. It was merely one persons interpretation of what a bracero was, b...
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