All Nations Have Their Moment Of Foolishness Summary

People that live in countries that have most of the power in the world wouldn’t understand the risk that the country is taking for power. Richard Notkin in the mural, “All Nations Have Their Moment of Foolishness” created in 2006 addressed the topic of the foolishness in power and insists that one powerful person has the attributes to cause destruction. Upon initial viewing of “All Nations Have Their Moments of Foolishness” Notkin’s message regarding the foolishness in power appeared to mean that we shouldn’t give power to one person; however, after reading the artist’s statement, it is clear that the use of power would lead to the loss of innocence. When I first examined the picture, I knew that the artist is talking about war and destruction. This is obvious because of the fact that the artist included components such as skulls and nukes. I also saw the die which led to me to infer that the tiles that make up “George Bush” are the attributes that make up George Bush. The skulls …show more content…
I was partially correct; however, the artist’s purpose was what I was missing. My claim matters because it could’ve led to me figuring the artist’s purpose out. Evidence and judgement could lead to many claims that are exceptionally reasonable. According to Richard Notkin, “this image is intended to reflect on the self-proclaimed ‘War President’ as an equally self-proclaimed devout follower of the ‘Prince of Peace’”. The tiles that represent the christ-like figures demonstrate how George Bush has the power to illustrate peace but he takes the risk instead to cause destruction and cause the loss of innocence. This is important because it then correlates to the title where nations do actually have their moment of foolishness. George Bush didn’t utilize his power to demonstrate peace which could represent a foolish attribute which is what all the tiles together represent to make up the picture of George