I think is a very powerful image showing the women sticking together to help each other both physically and mentally

This is a story I need to read

I really like how Walker really makes the viewer confront and acknowledge a very horrific time in history

how does one know where to draw the line?

This was a a very unique technique

It is very important to see positive depictions of people who look the way I do

It is so important to see positive depictions of people that look the same as me.

This made me think about the lives lost due to police brutality.

I think it is great to listen/watch past interviews to better understand the artists perspective straight from the source.

I really like the use of the individual faces. I think it gives the art great meaning.

I love the use of symbolic representation in this piece.

I think it is very important to adequately use space in art. It truly adds to the piece

I think it is very important to understand an artists past to understand their art

I love the use of semiotic theory, allowing an artist to prescribe meaning

This reminds me of the representation of the horrific rates of imprisonment in America and the use of solitary confinement.

I really like this. I feel this takes place in a public setting but there is a sense of loneliness about it

I love Active Spaces!!!

This artist able to capture so much through using everyday objects.

This is a very big problem that persists today

This is by far one of my favorite pieces of work

Does a warm memory refer to a positive memory or a memory fresh in one's mind?

I always thought of dissociation as a memory that we bury so deep down that we can't even remember it anymore

This really had me thinking

I really liked that she put the specific date. This really helped to bring context to the message being portrayed

This is a very interesting perspective!

great technique

i originally did not see the rope and was wondering what the chair was doing in the picture

This stereotype is a serious problem in our society today

this was a great technique which is very thought provoking

I love this statement. Black is never neutral. Due to history, black has so many emotional, material, physical and mental attachments to it. We cannot run away from it the same way we try to shift our history in schoolbooks. Because whenever the topic of Blackness comes up their is tension. When someone wears all Black some may question their motives, feelings and background. When someone dyes their hair Black some wonder if they are going through a not so great time or are trying to become more edgy, more mysterious...because Blackness is also very mysterious. I feel this is because their are so many preconceived notions attached to Blackness yet, we still have to wonder what the actual truth is behind that Blackness or are we blinded by our internalized perceptions of Black.

As well as confront the fear of Blackness. "Once you go Black you never go back". I think this hesitancy is very revealing as to why Marshall's works are so captivating. Using black along to represent Black people, though we come in different shade, and choosing to not deviate from the connotations that are associated with Blackness but rather utilize it to establish a rhetoric that juxtaposes stereotypes and the reality of being Black.

I cannot help but think of this as a reference to the ways in which some non-Black people view Black people. The internalized misconception that we are all the same, to the point where it is difficult for them to tell a child from an adult.

What happens when we as viewers confront and unpack what makes us uncomfortable with the solid use of Black?

Does this allude to the homogenous experience of Blackness? There are many shades of Black and due to stratifying aspects such as colorism the experiences of Black People differ based on appearance however that experience is still informed by the commonality of Blackness.