Response to Rivera's Frozen Assets Mural

In Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural a connection between the banks then and now are rather interesting. In the mural it shows how a security guard is guarding money that is being held in the bank. The occupy movement that is taking place today, and the mural both displays how money is a major issue and that without the wealth life itself can turn out miserable. The mural can also speak things into existence. In the mural the long line of people that are waiting to go somewhere can turn into the long line of people that will be waiting to take their money out of banks because of the fees that banks want to charge to either take out money or even use your debit card. There is a clear connection between the mural and what is going on now in 2011 with the occupy movement. The connection that I see between the two is how if soon things don’t change with the 99% and 1% we will soon head down the same path as the great depression. In the mural the people that are lying down on the ground with the covers around them can also represent the people that are camping out today, in 2011 to protest about the many different activities that are taking place to force people to protest. The man that is standing over the people with the covers over them can represent the police that stands over and sometimes interfere with the protesters that are in downtown Oakland and other places around the world. In the mural the picture at the bottom with the people waiting to get their money out of the bank may have possibly turned into some of the people that are in the middle picture as a result of them not being able to get their money out of the bank. There is a very clear connection although this mural was drawn long before 2011. There are many connections that I have mentioned but a connection between the mural and 2011 that stuck out to me the most is the connection between all 3 of the pictures. The people not being able to get their money leads to them being poor/having to sleep on the ground with others, which leads to the long line in the top of the photo which represents a bread line.

Inspiration

The individual who inspires me the most would have to be my mother. She is the strongest woman I know. She is a breast cancer survivor and she lives her life to the fullest helping every one she can. My mother taught me that life is not just about what you do for yourself, but also what you do for others. Days when I don’t feel like doing anything productive my mother is always the one to push me. She has inspired me to do many things and because of her I have found independence. Growing up my mother was always the one to make a way out of no way and always looking at the bright side of things. I am proud to say that some of her characteristics have rubbed off on me and make my experience at Year easier.