“The Cure” is an acrylic painting inspired by the organ harvesting of Africans happening worldwide and the use of Africans as “test dummies” to find a miracle cure or vaccine for COVID-19 and past viruses/diseases. The water, the literal symbol of life, represents many things depending on how you view it and depending on whether you look at the syringe as harvesting or injecting. This interpretation is up to the viewer. Since the ideas and innovations of Black people are constantly stolen and manipulated, the water could represent the knowledge, wisdom, or life force of Black people and an outside force could be extracting that “water” to use for an alternate agenda. Or, this life force could be seen as injected with a “cure” by the alternate agenda of the outside force that is harming to the mind, body, and soul. Virus cells were added to the background and given eyes looking at the viewer to give the painting more of an unnerving feel and almost to say “you’re next” to the onlooker.