My Journey to Wynwood Walls

My journey to Wynwood Walls was very influential and fun! I will admit at first I thought to myself why on earth did I choose a course that requires me to drive all the way to Miami to take pictures? I regret saying that because little did I know how much fun was in store for me. When I first arrived to Wynwood Walls the GPS just stopped in the middle of the nowhere so I was left to drive up and down until I saw the entrance. I thought I was looking for a museum or something. But then the entrance looked like a park with the fake turf alongside the entrance. It was hard to choose three pictures, so I chose the ones that would best represent my trip. The first one that I fell in love with would have to be the mother raising her young. I found that mural after walking past the restaurant and looking to my left. The significance of it would have to be a mother’s bond with her child. Everyone has experienced that unbreakable bond with their mother at that stage in life. Your mother is your only provider for you and drinking her breast milk is the only source of nutrition before the creation of infant milk powder. 

Honestly I was not paying attention to who created any of the murals during my experience. I was having too much fun to look for names that I did not know of at the time. The cultural perspective of the piece is universal because no matter where you are, everyone was breastfed as an infant. The second picture I chose is the 1000 Buddha’s. I found that mural so interesting and intriguing I had to imitate it. The only reason why I know the name is because there was a “@1000buddahs” in the corner of the mural. I reacted in amazement to it in all honesty. I found that piece a cultural piece because it related to Buddhism and the position that Buddhist meditate. That mural is not located in Wynwood walls like the first picture, I ventured out into the streets of Miami and saw that nearby. 

And the last picture would have to be the gas masked Mickey Mouse. That mural is located further inside the Walls as you past the entrance of the all vegan juice bar into the second set of gates on the right. I felt like a little kid in that section. I found it interesting because I always thought Disney characters were copyrighted. So I figured that’s why the gas mask was drawn on. And I might add very well drawn on. I could not interpret what the significance was to Mickey, but overall it was just a well-constructed piece. For some reason I feel that out of all three photos I chose the Mickey Mouse one seems to only have a satirical value. I do not know exactly what but I get that vibe from it. Overall I loved my trip to Wynwood Walls, the experience is worthwhile and at the same time, you exposed to other people’s talent.