Reality

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Marina P.

• Artist Statement

  When I was on my way back to class I saw the torn purple piece of a skittles wrapper and I noticed that next to it there was a daisy. I would pass that patch of grass all the time and notice the daisy’s but for some reason, the first thing that caught my eye was the piece of garbage. And I had a realization that there is a lot of garbage and man-made things that have kind of blocked us from looking at the things that originated on this planet like trees, flowers, mountains, etc. When we compare the two we don't really think twice about looking at nature anymore. So I decided to take the picture from the front and make it focus on the trash instead of the flower so that I could portray the new reality that we live in.

• Creative Statement

  Getting out of your head and expressing yourself in any sort of way

  Being able to get out of your comfort zone

  Being spontaneous

  Adding your own ideas to a creative project

  Being able to understand things differently than other people

  Have fun while expressing yourself.