TITLE

La Vida Es Una Loteria

ARTIST

Shiara Diaz

CREATED

January 1, 2025

LOCATION

Main and Pecan (east of apartment complex)

ABOUT THIS PIECE

My interpretation of this piece was deeply rooted in preserving the ethnic and cultural background of my family and the community I grew up in. “La Vida es una Loteria” illustrates how living in a different environment challenges you to keep traditional values important from the minority of representation you find yourself questioning in life’s uncertainty. 

I found myself in these situations as my family often migrated for job availability, where I had to accommodate to the different lifestyles and the distinct environments. Many times I felt like an outsider as my language caused barriers and the perceptions of how people viewed me, changed. Having the opportunity to depict this image has been a self-discovery journey that I share with my mother's invigoration for a better future and my family’s hard work in agriculture. - Shiara Diaz

ABOUT THIS ARTIST

As a first-generation Mexican American, I feel that my background is a major part of my daily routine, I get to reincorporate what I have learned from my culture and understand differences between shared identities that I incorporate into my art and literature.

My writing dwells on the modern influences that affect and interfere with historical and social justices that actively occur.

I use my art to express the difficulties faced by economic inequalities, access to education and healthcare, and the collapse of our environment.