What If You Were Innocent and Stuck Here? by Harun Akbar
Medium: Marker on paper
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11
Artist Statement: This visual piece shows the innocence of a child trapped in a cage like a bird who is otherwise created to be free and fly and soar in the sky. The questions challenges the viewers to imagine themselves trapped inside a cage, knowing that they are innocent. How will they feel? What will they do? I feel like I'm trapped, knowing that I am innocent. I feel like I am dying: Death by Incarceration. What am I doing? I am fighting the good fight. I am fighting for my freedom as well as the freedom of others. // Will you let me / Help you / Help me / Get free / So we can help others / Get where they need to be / Then together we sing / finaleeee / We are all FREE! / Now do you see?
Image description: Vintage cartoon style marker drawing in orange, green, yellow, and black of a small human inside a hanging birdcage. There are words to each side of the cage reading “What if you were innocent but stuck here!!!”