Mixed Media Collage No. 21

Freedom II (Insurrection Series) | 2021 | Mixed media; cut paper, oil, plastic, foil, and miniature toy on BFK RIVES 100% cotton paper | 27 x 32 inches

“We’ve never been a nation more divided,” says every generation born in these “united” states, where all that seems to unite us these days are the invisible state lines we can freely cross.

So what would you change about your own beliefs to make this country better? What big policy ideas do you have? Will you change your destiny? Your history? Will you change your mind or simply change your clothes and do it again tomorrow? This is yours to answer.

Because, like Freedom, there is a right side and a left side. The side that carries the sword and the side that carries the shield. The side of war and the side of peace. The side of history and the side of tomorrow.

We don’t need to pick a side. We are all darkness and light, love and indifference, good and evil. The question isn’t what side you’re on, rather which side will you feed?

Artwork © Erika Brask, 2021. All rights reserved. No part of this artwork may be reproduced or used in any form, or through any means — graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, downloading, information storage, and retrieval systems — without written permission from the artist.