Frida Kahlo

• Frida is an interesting character to study. I have always been interested in her paintings; however, he journal leaves a bit to be desired. This is logical considering that she was not writing it for public consumption. When I read through her journal, I noticed that a lot of her writing was directed towards Diego. It seems that their relationship soared from great highs to great lows.
• One thing about her work is that it seemed very self-centered. I do not mean that in the sense that she was selfish, but that she was the theme of many of her paintings. She stated that she painted herself because she was the subject she knew the best, but it does seem a little self-centered to me. I do admire the fact that she created her own enigma, but I do find Diego Rivera's work much more appropriate and revolutionary because he tried to capture Mexico in his murals "tal como es".
• When I was watching the movie I did not think that the scene with her and Trotsky was real; I believed that the director was simply taking artistic license. I looked it up, and as I'm sure you are aware, it was true! That is absolutely incredible! She garnered a lot more respect from me because of that action. It also made me reevaluate my thoughts about her; if she was sexually, emotionally and spiritually appealing to him, then she must have been doing something right.
• I must say, I was not impressed with her poetry. A lot of it seemed random, especially the stuff in the beginning of the journal. She just put random words on the page; that is not poetry. It is like arguing that the picture below is art: it is not. It is a toilet.
• Car, bike, people, road, animal, death, smog, journey. This is not poetry. They are words. Then again, she was not famous for her poetry, but for her paintings, so perhaps I should not judge so harshly.