{"id":3615,"date":"2026-06-25T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:38:17","slug":"welcome-ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/25\/welcome-ish\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOME (ish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3615\" class=\"elementor elementor-3615\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43cbdd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43cbdd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd6cbe4\" data-id=\"bd6cbe4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ce337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0ce337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WELCOMEish-Photo-Full-1024x341.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3616\" alt=\"WELCOME ish\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WELCOMEish-Photo-Full-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WELCOMEish-Photo-Full-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WELCOMEish-Photo-Full-150x50.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WELCOMEish-Photo-Full-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WELCOMEish-Photo-Full-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WELCOMEish-Photo-Full-2048x683.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b501864 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b501864\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61c43c7\" data-id=\"61c43c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4392490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4392490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ink on coir doormat with rubber backing.<br \/>36 x 24 inches, 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-285edf2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"285edf2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dac2dc3\" data-id=\"dac2dc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2518eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2518eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WELCOME<em> (ish)<\/em> invites viewers to physically step onto a contradiction. While the doormat signifies a domestic welcome, the intervention\u2014a violent &#8220;kick&#8221; from the letter \u201cL\u201d toward a barbed-wire frame\u2014reveals a harder truth about the current American landscape. The barbed wire, emerging from the crown of the Statue of Liberty, suggests that our ideals have been weaponized. This piece reckons with the nation\u2019s 250-year history by questioning who is truly invited to experience the &#8220;beauty&#8221; of the American Dream.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ink on coir doormat with rubber backing.36 x 24 inches, 2026 WELCOME (ish) invites viewers to physically step onto a contradiction. 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