The Art and Activism Chapters 2 & 3 - Emmanuel Orellana Monsalve

Chapter 2:

Q1: "Once you’ve made a habit of showing up for your creative work, don’t expect to make masterpieces."

R1:  There's a lot of people around the world that give up their dreams or hopes when trying to create something. Once they start and feel very bad for not making the best. Sometimes we have to realized that it takes time to create something we are really proud of.

Q2: "Over the long-term, our creative process needs to be imbued with a sense of hope and optimism."

R2: This quote/line also helps out the other quote that I have chosen, with enough hope and optimism to that we have, the more power and energy we have to make something that we really feel good about putting out in the world.

Chapter 3:

Q1: "We frequently present others with “the facts,” expecting these to speak for themselves. They rarely do. People like to visualize ideas. Pictures help give a form to abstract theories, causes ,and grievances. Spectacles are a public way to draw a picture."

R1: When reading this line, I do realized that I understand and visualize the message that the artist is trying to portray if they use images/pictures to further express their idea.

Q2: "We never start at zero, and it’s a mistake to think we create something from nothing. We are always drawing from repositories of words, images, and meanings that already exist."

R2: Lastly, this quote/line I agree with, no matter what we think or how we think of it. There will always be something that made us want to express a problem whether we get inspired it be big or small.