I can't wait to get further into the background details. I was able
to finish the bling on Big Boy today so the next step is to fill the
background space with a set of tentacles that will be crushing the row
houses behind Big Boy and his dog. I plan to have the bones, bling, guns
and tentacles appearing in each of the art pieces. The bones stand for
shame and unresolved death/injustice. The bling is symbolic of the urban
poor man's constant state of want/longing. The guns are the self hatred
that we practice against each other in order to vent our frustration
with powers we PREFER not to understand and lastly, the tentacles
represent the destructive powers that are at the root of the social
dysfunction in our communities. When I say "we" and "our" I am referring
to communities that are both poor and of color.
My goal in this series is to point out the apathy of
the community that I live in. So many of us are living day to day simply
trying to get by on the little we have so when the ravaging tentacles
of injustice are reeking havoc on our communities we often times simply
continue on with our day to day task until the chaos is at our personal
doorstep and even then it is not a guarantee that we will respond wisely
and strategically in order to make things right.
Yet again time has come for me to put down the pen in order to make yet another community meeting :) Talk soon! God willing ;)
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