Mother’s Day Murals
The ask: to create a piece for the egg drop stairwell – the most arguably gorgeous stairway in the school just for how perfect the sun hits that window in the morning. Chon (never heard of them? plz look them up! so fun to listen to) plus a quick dancey dancey in that stairwell can make even the most stressful of mornings so much better.
Angelina Villalobos was one of the best speakers we’ve had in my opinion! I wanted to tell her that she’s definitely very charismatic and approachable when she said her sister is more of those than her. Although I completely understand how we feel that way about our older sisters haha – my own older sister was always someone who I thought was more talented, outgoing, confident, and beautiful than myself. What a beautiful thing it is to grow up and out of that phase in your life and discover you also have those qualities in yourself – although my sister is definitely still one of the most beautiful people I know so that hasn’t changed haha. It’s torturous that she can’t be here to model hahaa – she feels the same lol.
Speaking of the women in my life, I made this mural for my bonus mom who is one of the most badass woman I have ever had in my life. Watching the way she handles situations with such a level-headed attitude and how she sees the world and effortlessly lives so much in the PRESENT! Something I admire and wish I could be better at. You can bet there’s been many phone calls mid-quarter with the usual tears and I can’t do this-es and she always brings her calm presence and guidance. One of my favorite quotes from her:
“If it won’t matter in five years, don’t spend more than five minutes worrying about it.”
Sometimes I actually follow this advice haha.
This mural is inspired by her past career as a Marine Biologist as the non profit Save the Bay in California where she was their main scientist. She’s dove with sharks and has put an impressive amount of energy into advocating for this often demonized beings and climate change.
She taught me how to surf while I was still in California and it was a very scary but exhilarating experience. I didn’t really catch many waves but I did get both feet on the board for about 2 seconds so I’m happy enough with that hehe.
Very proud to celebrate her this Mother’s Day! Thank you for your wisdom and being such a good example just to simply witness. How lucky am I to have you in my life. <3
