J455 – “Gintong Kasaysayan” Mural – 57/365

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After talking to Professor Blumenkrantz this afternoon, Jonathan and I got a new insight to our documentary project (more info about that on the next journal entry), so we went down to Historic Filipinotown again but to look at the mural. The mural is called “Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana,” and it was created by Eilseo Art Silva. It represents history and culture of Filipinos and Filipino Americans. There are definitely so many elements on the mural that it was just amazing. I don’t really know much (or at all) about the history and culture of Filipinos and Filipino Americans, but looking at it visually as an art was very wonderful and powerful. I was also surprised that no one really did any (or any visible) graffiti on it, and I’m glad that there weren’t.