1) Amalia Mesa-Bains talks about how alters are a dominant form of art in "El Mundo Femenino" and Laura E. Perez talks about how Chicana artists use their art as an offering (p. 2), or ofrenda. How do we make sure everything we do is used as an offering for the spiritual? Personally, I am not an artist, but I am an intellect, and how does my work become an offering?
2) In "La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead" the narrators explain that Western culture doesn't allow people a public place/opportunity to deal with death (33:54). How do we find a space where we can celebrate both death and living without being afraid of it and without appropriating from another culture? How do we find a space where we can stop being afraid of death because it happens and it will happen to all of us?
3) Laura E. Perez writes, "Chicanas were engaging the spiritual alongside more familiar areas of social struggle" and "spirituality was reclaimed as a healing force" (both quotes, p. 3). With Western culture being predisposed to institutionalized religion, how do we reclaim spirituality instead of forcing our religious beliefs on others?
2) In "La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead" the narrators explain that Western culture doesn't allow people a public place/opportunity to deal with death (33:54). How do we find a space where we can celebrate both death and living without being afraid of it and without appropriating from another culture? How do we find a space where we can stop being afraid of death because it happens and it will happen to all of us?
3) Laura E. Perez writes, "Chicanas were engaging the spiritual alongside more familiar areas of social struggle" and "spirituality was reclaimed as a healing force" (both quotes, p. 3). With Western culture being predisposed to institutionalized religion, how do we reclaim spirituality instead of forcing our religious beliefs on others?
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