Ana's Art Spot: “Illustrate a Story”

This story is about a teenage boy, Samuel, who came up to his mother and confessed to her he's gay. Samuel states, "you feel like being gay is a virus", and he's doomed, so he decides to believe it'll be easy for him to pretend he's straight. His mother, Connie, blamed her self because she didn't know how to raise a child and she's a single mother. Also the fact that there was no man around the house to be an influence to Samuel. She believed his life would be terrible because of her. Connie made an attempt to "fix" Samuel, by him going through therapy. The struggle they go through to open up to each other came to an end at their home one day. Samuel realized it was important for his mother to accept him by a magnet on the fridge with a rainbow heart, "love is spoken here". Connie admits her child is gay and apologizes for her behavior. Samuel admitted he forgave his mother and was grateful. I made a drawing based on the obstacles of Samuel and Connie in which they went through. I used pink as the background, butterflies, stars and bright colors to represent gay pride. I chose to draw out the magnet in Connie's house to represent the love for one another at the end of the day. I drew out icons to symbolize viruses, gay couples, hearts, flowers, smiling face, lips, stars, and of course Samuel and Connie. Also, I drew text bubbles to represent what was going on through their minds.