Life is a precious gift. "Handle with care." I'm thinking of a baby left on a doorstep in a box that says this on a sticker on the side. Black and white with the sticker bright red. I have not figured out what to spray-paint yet.

         A shattered Valentine's Day up ahead here in the art room. I plan to have a girl looking into a Tiffany & Co. window with her hand on the glass and a red heart shattered in her chest. Everything else will be black and white. I think I will spray paint some more shattered lines on the edge of the paper.

          Gunshot. This piece represents the fragility of life because a gun can take a life in the matter of a mere second. That is just how fragile our life is. Especially with all of the school shootings recently we are beginning to notice how quickly a gun can shatter so many lives. This shows growth because it took the spray-paint and used it a new and unique way to show the shock of a gunshot.

        Lost. This piece is related to the fragility of life because a lot of people are afraid of being lost. It shows us just how small (fragile) we are in this giant world. We become disoriented and feel alone when we are lost. This piece shows growth from the last one because it looks more like the last one. I finally have a style to my pieces. The spray-paint is something I will continue to do and go back and add to my previous ones.

                          

I am intrigued by mazes... is anyone afraid of being "Lost"?

Reflection

1. My first work does not demonstrate fear very well. Neither does the second one necessarily. The fear of heights is obvious once you know, but otherwise the tightroping looks fun. I am think about changing my theme to "fragility of life." (thanks for the idea Mrs Holliday!) I think that both of these fit that theme better. For now, I am going to try to do pieces that could possibly fit both.

2. I find success in the "Cracking Eggs" in the largest egg. I think the crack looks real in it, in the others not as much, but I really like the big egg. In Concentration #2 I really like the whole thing together. I think that it tells a good story. I like the silver skyline and the bright red wire. I like the color pop better in the second than in the first, for sure.

3. I think that the relationship between the two pieces is more growth than a connection. They don't look similar at all besides the limited color scheme. The style is very different, but I feel like all of my pieces are different. I hope that doesn't turn out to be bad for my concentration section. I like to experiment with all different things, so all of my pieces are different.

4. Some goals that I have for my next few works are to look sophisticated, be unique, and to really pop. I want to decide within these next few works which theme I want to stick with.

      Concentration #2