True Mexican By Alex Isakova

            Overall this was a very thought provoking post that mad me think farther into the topic of people being split between two sides of themselves. I found this very intriguing  because there are many poets and artists that have this same sort of inner struggle that the artist of this picture seem to be experiencing. Not necessarilary      
            In the poem she interprets what the artist meant to show through the picture. She say that the artist feels torn between two lives, and heritages that they live because they are Mexican-American. The picture further re enforces that idea with  a group of objects from both cultures mostly sitting on an table who's colors are red white and blue like the American flag. Something else that sticks out is that most of the items are from the American culture like the photo of George Washington wrapped in again red,white, and blue beads.
        I think that the artist is trying to say that America and Mexico May be two big parts of their life but since it seems that they currently live in America and that is why they reserve a larger love for America . Possibly America is favored because they had an important reason the came to America or even that they have never gotten the chance to plant root into their Mexican side and only knows about their American side
        I think that the Alex feels that the artist was or is detached from a part of themselves but have a small piece that lives on no matter how much the other side tries to smother it and and take over. The lion is generally  not part of Mexican culture which might say that  they are not that in touch but the lion is known throughout Spanish culture as a symbol of being regal and have power. also the picture shows balance with      the back being a rural old time-ish Mexican home a the front being the picture of an over Americanized front ( being fake).

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