Brooke Johnson's Art

An early attempt to find out what Conté sticks do, while thinking about going somewhere warm for a holiday...I think the white background was intended to represent shredded documents.

("Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for more than a decade, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including politicians, students, and journalists—die in the conflict every year. The country has seen more than 360,000 homicides since 2006, when the government declared war on the cartels." From an article published by Council on Foreign Relations (Last updated September 7, 2022, CFR.org)