Frida Kahlo: Descriptive Exercise

Lauraine Desilus
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What is supposed to be her roots look like vines. The lime green stems leading to her dark green roots extend from her body, with a pit in her chest and abdomen showing the source her roots. The roots extend into the soil and end with a leaf. The woman is lying sideways, with her head at the left, feet at the right, adorned in an orange gown with a white block of fabric lining the bottom of the gown. The roots grow out from her towards the bottom and out right from her feet. She’s resting her arm on a pillow and facing toward me. Her long, thick black hair falls along her arm practically covering it but the pillow is still shown. Her face is peculiar due to the long line of hair above her eyes in the shape of the top of a heart or how children would draw birds flying over an ocean.

So who is this woman?

She is a young Native American girl who was forced to separate her family since British settlers came and destroyed her peaceful village. She believed that nature would draw her back to her family and allow her to continue her family line. When she finally reunited with her family, she realized that another family from a different village had joined them. She then met a man from that village whom she fell in love with and they produced offspring creating a new nation of people.