This piece is inspired by the now perverted memory of my arrival in New York City for the first time.

I remember 2 young girls, exhausted with no sleep, no food, no shower & all alone coming into Port Authority after a f*cking 62 hour long Greyhound bus ride from my home city in Mexico. I’ll never forget seeing my little sister’s face light up when pointing out the window, the twin towers & the Statue of Liberty.

The symbol Lady Liberty represented for her has been since tainted big time. The values she upheld are consistently ignored, disposed of, & simply reversed by the hand of the current dysfunctional financial system. From being the Mother of all Exiles, to Kamala’s nonsensical speech during her absolutely failed attempt at “diplomacy” while in Guatemala.

Bitcoin Fixes this! The Bitcoin Citadel is worldwide & its citizens are Bitcoiners. Bitcoin is borderless, permissionless, & in many ways limitless!

Mauled by Wall Street is part of a project called The Orange Pill Effect series.

Each illustration is made for it to have complete meaning on its own, but to also work along the other pieces in order to complete the strip. Each piece has its own story, but to HODL with diamond hands during Bitcoin’s volatility, you have to zoom out, and zooming out is what’s achieved when the full series is on display.

To achieve the Orange Pill Effect, one graduates from blue pill addict, to the red pill rehab, then to the relentless optimism of the Orange Pill.

The candles on the chart are affected by the color of the pills, or are the pills affected by the candles on the chart?

-Isabel

Original hand drawn illustration, signed by artist.

**This is not a print.

Materials: Acid free heavy cardstock paper, gel, metallic and glitter ink, Prismacolor pencils, and markers.

Dimensions: Illustration size is 11” x 8.5”, Frame size is 16” x 13” x 1.25”

Weight: 1.10 (shipping weight 5 lbs)

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