Boden Azora-Minda

My Sacred Heart Trans-Formed

acrylic on canvas

36″ x 36″

2024

My Sacred Heart Trans-formed is a contemplation of my journey as a trans-man and as a person with an extensive heart disease history. The image was inspired by the sacred heart statue that was in my grandmother’s house when I was a child. The sacred heart represents being open-hearted to the world and giving loving-kindness to others. Loving-kindness practices usually begin with yourself and then radiate to other beings. Loving-kindness being one of the most important spiritual journeys in which someone can endeavor.

Boden Azora-Minda

Happy Meal

Inspired by: Matt Siber, McDonalds

acrylic on canvas

24″ x 24″

2024

Matt Siber’s “McDonald’s” made me contemplate the way that Americans consume food particularly fast food and how food is presented to consumers. “McDonalds” to me represents our current food culture of instant gratification and how big industry works on convincing us that we want something that is not healthy for us. “Happy Meal” has the undertone of “Night of the Living Dead” as it depicts Ronald McDonald as a zombie laying in wait for the boy who is eating his “Happy Meal”.