- Daniel Martinez
- Hand With Picture
- drawing
"The drawing of a prison cell, with writing on the walls, a hand holding a mirror and man with the shadow of a devil- If this is the one with me on the bunk holding a knife on one hand that was wrapped around my hand so it would not fall off when in use, the demons are on that hand. The other hand is full of little Angels lifting up a Crystal ball showing me a picture of my daughter telling me not to do it. The other guy was my celly at the time, his name was (greedy). I drew him standing there as he is holding a knife behind him and his shadow is a demon against the wall. If you look out the window, there's another man up the stairs. You can see him throwing up a āLā with his hand, pretty much telling me to take care and handley you bizz. And it says 5 minutes till day room. This drawing was based on a true story, as a riot between us (Mexicans and the (Blacks) were going to crash out. And it was going to happen during day room time. Thanks to God, it was squashed. No riot happened but the one inmate that started everything got beat down by his own people (Blacks) to settle the matter. In other words, he ended up leaving the Unit full of blood. So that day I went back into my cell after the tower shot about 6 times with a big cannon and 20 cops ran into spray and shoot. I decided to draw
what I was feeling before I thought a riot was going to happen. The Devil in one ear and the Angels in another ear." - Daniel Martinez