As an artist, I find inspiration with every glance. Whether it be from a desert found in an autumn leaf, or from an ocean resting in a rain puddle. With so much to discover, with many possible inspirations I can bring into my art, I am enthusiastic to find my passion in all of those discoveries. This particular artwork came from the core of my cultural identity, taking inspiration from my family and from my spontaneous mind of imagination & creativity. From my family's blended culture of European Heritage and South American Background, I composed this inspired by the art styles of Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo; it's a fantasizing combination of two worlds I am deeply rooted to. As a mixed child of Ecuadorian, Italian, and Chinese background, its difficult for me to identify myself to one culture. But this artwork is my way of displaying the beauty of all of my passion, all of my culture, all of me. I was uninhibited in creating this, spiraling with my markers in hand, releasing my fire unto to paper, and truly, having fun doing it. I sketched the design with vibrant colors of alcohol marker and defined its form with black pen and ink. Blue is represented as my Latin identity and Yellow is represented as my Italian identity. I composed my color of black and white because out of my colorful background, I wanted to display the best part of my masterpiece; my creativity within myself, branching out in vibrance and exploding with detailed chaos. I believe this ties into the MASHUP theme because of its creative blend of very distant worlds that find a connection through me, and through one surface. I AM a creative blend of very distant worlds, finding a connection to them through one medium to many. That's why this art piece is so diverse in chaotic beauty and passion to exploding colors; it is ME. The MASHUP theme's message is that "unexpected blends display genius creativity." These worlds collide unto my paper through the will of my hand and marker. A world of European mass -- medieval castles and the Italian sunflower-- mixed with a world of Latin Flair -- flamenco dances and sapphire crystals -- memorizes the surface with an explosion of color and culture. This is what I recognize as genius creativity. In the not so distant future, I want to pursue this message of mixed cultural art, mashed-up creativity. It's an inspiration I find so much passion in. I thank you for letting me share my process and share my mixed-up culture. I hope to share this chaos very soon.