I learned a new language and opened my eyes to new perspectives (Joaquín Torres García’s América Invertida drawing was transformative for me).

Uhhh…

“There must not be north for us, except in opposition to our south. Therefore we now turn the map upside down, and then we have a true idea of our position, and not as the rest of the world wishes. The point of America, from now on, forever, insistently points to the South, our north.”

Critics have interpreted the image as a sociopolitical artistic work that was intended to counter US cultural imperialism and other cartographic and cultural norms rooted in the European colonization of the Americas

Apparently her conclusions about this piece were the complete opposite of what the artist intended. “Oh they don’t like US imperialism? I guess we better make them like US imperialism.”

I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.