The Fire Next Time ll is an art piece inspired by the work of James Baldwin. The primary medium used for this work was Acrylic paint. It also utilizes print mediums such as newspapers as a way to historize the subject’s intellectual current. The newspaper segment placed on the subject’s face is a clipping from an article written about a James Baldwin speech titled Baldwin Challenges White Unawareness. Additionally, while all of the elements considered should be left to the viewer’s interpretation, the artist wants to highlight the words transcribed on the left cheek of the subject’s face -This excerpt was pulled from a myriad of James Baldwin’s works, including the Fire Next Time and they collectively speak to liberation and its implications.