Deliver Opportunity or Become Unbalance

Although Rivera’s Frozen Asset mural was created during The Great Depression, I can see a lot of resemblance toward The Occupy Movement that is going on today because the Frozen Asset mural and The Occupy Movement were both created during rough times. Looking at Rivera’s mural, I can see that there are not many differences from then and now. Businesses, homelessness and unemployment are what I see on the Frozen Asset mural and those are some of the issues The Occupy Movement discusses about. Businesses can either deliver opportunity or become unbalanced by selfish decisions. Unbalance would have to be the perfect description in this case because that’s what the mural really depicts by showing empty businesses  on the top of the mural and a lot of unemployed/homeless people in the middle and bottom of the mural. A lot of businesses in today’s society are not giving many opportunities simply because their intentions are to get as much money without spending too much, along with that mentality they have to face sacrifices such as laying people off, minimizing opportunities just so they can still continue profiting. One thing that struck out to me about the mural is how it shows a guard in the bank segregated from the public behind a gate because it reminded me of how consumer’s trust in banks are becoming more distant due to the banks greediness on taking money from their clients. The Occupy Movement sees the reality of unfairness we face today just as how Rivera did when he created the mural and comparing them both made it clear to me on how strong their well connected to one another. 

Inspirations Leads to Motivation

My inspirations would have to be successful people and when I say successful people I mean the ones that came from nothing and make their futures into something. Successful people tend to inspire me simply because they all have a story to tell on how they overcame the challenges to get to where they are. Every time I hear about their success and how they didn’t let the challenges take over, I get inspired and motivated to continue fighting my challenges. It gives me hope that there are better things in life and that if it’s not given to you then you take it by going after it. I wouldn’t say I’m alone because everybody gets inspired by someone whether they know it or not and for someone to look up to someone else, they must have done something remarkable to make others feel inspired. I am aware of others having an alternate reaction to my source of inspiration because when they look up at a person’s success they get influenced. Successful people are everywhere, it can be someone famous, artists, musicians or it can even be you. Although I have a lot of inspirations I look up to, my mom would have to be my greatest inspiration because coming from a third world country and raising two kids on her own in a city must of took a lot of courage and motivation. My inspirations on successful people will always remain for many years to come because there will always be people that’ll amaze me by their creativity and experiences. One thing I noticed about successful people is that they never stop even after they meet their expectations they create new goals to continue achieving. As long as my inspirations keep motivating me, I will keep striving to reach my goals and create new goals.