6th Topic Frida Kalo

Fria Kalo was a Latin American artist. She was of a Hispanic background. She was known for for self-portraits, which most of the time depicted her suffering as a child. She had polio and through out her life suffered chronic pain. Her paintings were known for her use of vibrant colors. All of her paintings where based on events of her life. When she was older she married another famous Latin American artist, Diego Rivera. I chose this picture to represent Latin America for many reasons. One of them is to represent the influence of Spain in Latin America. Although the Spanish weren't the only influence in Latin America, England and France were some of the other big influences, they have a huge cultural and ethnic presence throughout Latin America. Also this picture, despite the bright colors, depicts sadness. Through out all of Latin America there have been many conflicts and controversies. Also, its ironic, women didn't have alot of rights in Latin America. During specific time periods, certain women fought through their rights through art work. This was a major movement through out Latin America, which is significant.

The past 2 weeks of my life have been normal, for me. For most people who know me, my definition of normal is the farthest thing from. My schedule has been packed full of things to do and places to be. I'm happy to say that through it all I love doing all of it....minus geometry homework. To keep you up to date I had my last soccer game for the first round, and we won 3-0. This not only let us qualify to go premier in the spring but we are also seated #1 in our bracket for the second round of games! In diving this past week we had a meet I did really well, but i pulled my back and possibly re-opened some of the fractures in it. This could be a minor set back but I still be competing in my first AHS basketball game this Tuesday as a starter on the Freshman A team. In speech and debate we had another tournament, which I didn't officially compete in but I prepped and gave speeches all through out the week. As for all the other sports I do most of them are in off-season right now, and I'm still training for them. The good news is it's a 3 DAY WEEKEND!!!!! I actually don't have a soccer game this weekend, a miracle, because 2nd round games are getting scheduled.