It was one of those things where all the stars seemed to be aligned and come one point. This is one of my emotionally deeper post that i've done in a while. I was listening to the radio last week and the topic of the day was: Do you think the media plays a part in why light skin and dark skin African Americans feel about each other? Some calls pointed out yes while other callers pointed out that in most music videos and lyrics that every other race is identified but our own. I took stock of my own artwork for a moment. I have drawn few black females. There could be numerous reasons why, maybe the pose wasn't right or the body type wasn't right either or maybe it's something deeper? Just to add fuel to the fire a little i have been watching Malcolm X on tv this week. One of the movie channels has pulled this movie out it's film vault and been cycling through it repeatedly. His militant attitude and idea mindset spoke to that side that knew a change had to be made artistically.
Oddly enough before all this i had been thinking about a song by rapper NaS by the same title Black Girl Lost. In the song he talks about the African Americans women lost of self worth due to chasing material goals. Finally i liked the expressiveness of her facial features. It was clear to see that its an amateur photo with soul and grit into it that i was drawn to.
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