assignment 3

The Images that I created deal greatly with politics not only because this lesson and medium expresses politics so well but also because a lot of my personal life deals a lot with American federal laws and constructs. What initially started off with me thinking about the fact that I am struggling with the pressure of being a single parent turned into going further. I dug deeper into politics to really understand my struggles. The first is financial hardship due to educational loan debit, medical debit, credit card debit, etc. I have not been able to hold a job due to the very fact that I have had tons of health issues such as cancer and seizures.

Both images relate back to the medical system which is controlled by the government explaining how it has failed to help those with multiple health conditions especially during the worst times. In both images I show Obama sense it is a big discussion of his policy of Obamacare. Sense he has been in office more people have been jobless and forced to still get health insurance. This is very significant for me because in the state of Florida those that even have no income can’t get on Medicaid unless they have a child in the household. My son was withheld from me due to divorce technicalities up until a couple of months ago causing me not to be able to even obtain medical which of course caused me medical debit due to my conditions.

When choosing the other images I made sure to be very selective on them as to avoid cliche’s. Lego bricks are used in the first image to explain how we the people have become powerless unable to move because someone else controls the placement of the bricks also known as what we are able to do. The other image has chains because we are forced to obey because if we do not want to go hungry we better listen. Then there are references to Obama’s role in office which seems to fit a socialist or communist approach. Then there is references to medical by the sheep which represent Dolly and her clone; though this cloning was not done during Obama’s time as president it explains how Obama has some hidden reasons to taking over the medical system. The robot in the first image stares at the word disaster explaining that we better wake up because there is more coming because science is backing the medical system. Technological machines and soon robots are replacing the need for workers forcing people to obey becoming just a number. This number is then explained further in the second image with the barcode as if we are being sold or buying into the bribing the government does to us and also shows a dollar with a stamp saying not to be used to bribe politicians. So it shows the double standard that government is allowed or being allowed to bribe us but we are not allowed to do the same to the government.