I had gathered a bunch of quotes from all of my sources that I thought were important either about the Philadelphia Mural Arts (PMA) program or about art in general. I like to start my papers with a quote because it gives me something to think about. I decided to use “Mural Arts Philadelphia is the nation’s largest public art program, dedicated to the belief that art ignites change” because that quote is what PMA was founded on, the belief that art ignites change. This is relevant for all public art in that most often it's purpose is to ignite change. I was able to connect this to the Mexican muralists Orozco, Rivera and Siqueros because their artwork was very political and ignited change during the Mexican Revolution.
With the bits of important information I had taken from sources, I was able to develop each of those ideas and then put them all together later.