There is something about Frida Kahlo's Two Fridas that is both intriguing and yet frightening at the same time. Maybe because she is clamping down on her artery to keep her from loosing all of her blood. I can't relate to the her struggle between her two cultural identities, the European and Mexican Frida because I don't have two different cultural backgrounds. It seems though, that she has chosen the Mexican Frida, who has a whole heart. The background to this painting is truly surreal. The low horizon gives it a dream-like feel and both women feel disconnect from the real world. Scholars can connect this psychological pain to the physical pain that she experienced from a tragic bus accident when she was only 17 years old. This accident would affect her the rest of her life and the later art works she would produce. She underwent many surgeries throughout her life to try and rid her of ongoing pain. We watched a clip from a movie on Frida, and it was so interesting to see how the film director envisioned the movie and connected parts of the film to ideas linked to the "surreal." For example, we watched the scene of the accident that affected her life and work, where various surrealist elements were present. For example, when the trolley hit the wall on the building, gold dust that a guy was holding earlier flew up in the crash and landed on her as she lay in agony. There is also a bird that a boy is holding prior to the accident that flies away, and the way the camera moves in slow motion as the trolley crashes into the side of a building. The director incorporates fascinating surrealist imagery throughout the movie.