I think Morales' experience as a human being is just profound. His familiarity with violence is unbelievable. What was most surprising about this reading was the reactions and behaviors of people to Morales and to his work. When living in a violent neighborhood in Puerto Rico, people actually respected him. When doing "dangerous" artwork, people actually got pleasure from it.
I liked that he wanted more of a connection with his audience. When he was in school he hated that his only relationship he had with anyone was "You really know how to draw".
I could also relate to another statement he made about being an art student, "I tried to do everything so fast because I also felt like I was late for everything. In the beginning this was good but it didn't finish well. As an artist you need to be as calm as possible." I love that quote!
Back to his work, the viewer's reaction to his work was most interesting; but even more it's funny that viewers of art tend to believe "all art is virtualized" and that themes are only represented conceptually. I don't like this assumption from viewers; hence the reason I felt his work was so successful. It was literal and proved them wrong.
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