Hona

As we all know, homosexuality is a widespread social issue. But why? It's because of unaccepting society and false morals that these men and woman are outcast, tortured and even killed on a daily basis. But I'm not going to lie and say that I have always said nice things about homosexuals; I haven't. I am pretty sure we ALL have said some pretty bad things about them. But researching this topic for 2 months in my English 11 class has really changed my mind about the way people ought to treat them. I chose this topic because I felt that quite a few things needed to be said, and definitely heard. Homosexuals don't have many people who will defend them, especially to the public.

Doing this art piece was very difficult in the beginning. I started off pretty much ripping my hair out, trying to think of what to do for just the //background//. I didn't just want to print a block poster and glue it on like we did back in like 8th grade. So once I finally found the picture i wanted as my background, instead of gluing it on, I did the photo transfer by applying mod-podge to both the picture side of the paper and to where i wanted the picture. I then placed, face down, the photo to the spot I wanted it, and squeezed out the excess mod-podge with a piece of mat board. I took a day to do one row, and since there were 3 rows, I think you can do the math. The day after I did each row, it would be dry and I then started to peel off the white of the paper using water and my nails. The mod-podge was the key to the entrapment. Backwards, my picture began to appear, looking weathered, which I liked. My problem with this, though, was that sometimes peeling off the paper also took some of the ink with it. The patches of white are the result of this. But I thought it made it look more weathered, so I got over it. After this, I was stuck once again as to what to put on next. I decided to add a rainbow, the gay pride symbol, along with some big lettering, to make my topic more obvious. I had no problems with this. I then took a piece of paper, and wrote some of the statements I had put in my English speech, ripped the excess paper around the words, and burnt the edges with a candle. The only problem with this was that sometimes the fire would burn more than I planned, but I was able to blow it out before it got ruined. Last, I printed off two pictures of two different woman, placed them on top of each other, and cut the pictures vertically into strips. I then mod-podged them in the order in which you see them above. This was just a way to make my poster about both gay men AND lesbians (the two girls are supposed to be a representation of a lesbian relationship).

I ended up liking my piece very well, even though, no, I don't think that it is going to make people jump to their feet and say, "I just changed my mind about homos." As much as I understand that this is what this project was about, I felt it was hard to convey in the time given. I do believe, though, that the block poster of the man (supposed to be a homosexual) screaming will in fact draw people's eye, and make them read it, but people are pretty tough on their thoughts of homosexuals. What isn't exactly working is the single clay figure. I didn't have enough time to finish my second figure to be placed in the picture. I believe that the second figure, which is another man painted black with the word "denied" in red vertically placed on his torso. I wouldn't take away anything that i already have on there; I would do it all the same. What I would do is do the whole thing faster, so that it would feel complete, which I don't feel right now. :)

This artist did this painting on rape of a child. Now unless they have psychological problems, I take it that they are against it. I take that they are against it because of how they used dark colors, which usually represents "evil." This person also used the effect of making child look terrified, which really tugs at a persons emotions. Another thing that makes me believe that this artist is against it, is that they mad the older person look massive and strong, while the child looks little and frail, which makes them look helpless, which rape victims usually are.

This piece would strike any normal person's emotions. To me, these emotions are wrong and disgusting. The helplessness of the child makes me sick to think that people get away with this, and the carelessness of the adult makes me want to kill them (no, that's not a threat!). The artistic element that they used was simply just the topic. Rape is a world-wide problem that needs to be fixed, and anytime I see something like this, is honestly makes me want to do something about it.