I attend art school. I attend a very conceptual art school and one of my classes is a very conceptual class taught by a very conceptual teacher. We have a project on modern crime. There was an idea put forth involving painting a crime in Mexico in which eight heads were found in a bag on the street. Painting isn’t very original, but what the teacher suggested blew my mind. He said it should be taken further and suggested wrapping PEZ© heads in an interesting way. PEZ heads! I wanted to bash my head against the wall. I think I may be going to the wrong school. Or at least be in the wrong class.
That story takes me to the inspiration for the day: crime in Mexico. There’s a war going on down there, South of the border. You want inspiration for a story or art piece on war, crime, drugs, gore, violence, heroism, greed, addiction, gangs, military, immigrants, a great escape, or the willful ignorance of people on things that don’t directly affect them in the present, look to Mexico. Seriously. 28,000 have died in the drug war since 2006 as of August. ( Source)
You barely hear about it- it’s not a topic of conversation, and although it’s on the news and on the Internet, it’s not featured. You have to search it out, unlike omg!’s What were they thinking?! which is featured almost every week on yahoo’s home page. You think slightly more important things would be “buzzed up.” It’s not like some of the stories coming out of Mexico aren’t sensational.
A body was found outside a city in Mexico. In four gift bags. A head was delivered to the Mexican military in a suitcase only two weeks ago.
So if you like true crime, action, or gangsters, turn to google. Type in things like: “Mexican drug cartels,” “war in Mexico,” etc. Add “news” at the end to get the most recent events.
Edit: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/25/mexico-drug-cartels-weekend-violence">27 died this weekend alone, in 3 separate events.</a>
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