Debra Blake Quote

There were many quotes from Debra Blake’s book Chicana Sexuality and Gender: Cultural Refiguring in Literature, Oral History, and Art, that stood out to me but one quote in particular I was able to relate it more to my recent life. In chapter four, Blake states, “At the same time, her story, as with any legend, “requires the audience to examine their world view - their sense of the normal, the boundaries of the natural,” and perhaps see things from a different perspective.” (145), which summarizes the idea that in order to move forward one must see things in not only multiple but also different perspectives. This quote reminded me of the last class I took with Professor Lopez, Censored! Art of Trial, because in that class we took a look at a lot of controversial art that I had never seen before, and in order to be open to it and not judge it right off the bat, I had to make sure I was viewing all the art in a different perspective. I took this quote a bit out of context from what she was initially saying about it in the chapter, but I was able to relate it to what it meant to me by being able to accept what society views as controversial.