collage

philosophy :

I found peace when I wasn't searching for perfection, and I tasted happiness when I heard silence inside the beating city. There were patterns in his hair when I could only see nature, and the lights seemed to dim as the sun hid her face behind the naked trees, but still he held beauty in the caverns of his eyes. I saw no one in his blank expression when I searched for identity, and I bowed down as he walked across my spine. There were colors and fabrics, food, and dancing when I felt culture on the brim of her tonic. I saw birds fall from the sky, and Solitude look me in the eyes when I rested on his shoulder, I wasted the times I wish I could save, and thought of forgetting the moments I can remember. But I still spoke with Shame just a few blocks down across from the landfill that Nature over grew. Nature, she cradles us like our mother's do when we are half past three years old and her wiry arms bend and break around us as we trample her fair skin but her crown is made of thorns, and she is neither boy nor girl. I found peace when I wasn't searching for perfection, but I still felt lost when I said I wouldn't lose myself.

artist statement :

Artistically I tried to portray an eastern theme because I love the anything eastern. Eastern meaning Asia, the Middle East, and the Asian pacific. There are some traditional colors and script. I used a news paper background to show more script that is English and I circled words that I felt were really calming because my philosophy is all about being calm and beautiful. I wrote something in Russian also but it has nothing to do with the eastern theme, only it is a really calming phrase for me and that goes along in my philosophy. The Japanese and Arabic script both mean “Luck exists in the leftovers”. This is a Japanese proverb that I love because it’s so soft and flowing, and it just rolls off the tongue. But, it has a deeper meaning. Have you ever found something amazing after the “better” things are gone? That’s how I feel about this that the best things are the last to be found or the ones left behind. In my whole life I’ve gone through bad things first and luckily enough good things come directly afterwards. I really believe in luck, so I wanted to show that on my collage. I used two photos of myself because I wanted to show that I am connected to my philosophy and love for the east. Also I feel like adding yourself to the collage helps bring viewers attention to you, and then they know you made it and no one else. My collage is poetic and can be interpreted multiple ways but I believe it will always show a similar outlook to what I intend. The collage is simple, but simple (to me) is beautiful that’s why I kept my collage simple. There’s also poetry around it that I wrote and it’s just very simple, calm, and serene. It just shows more from the philosophy. My second collage basically says the same thing just without the Arabic and Japanese but instead it’s a bit darker meaning. The composition of the collage is just darker seeming, it had vertical lines and more black also the objects are harsher shaped and there’s an anime girl who looks sad. I used the darker side of luck in this collage because sometimes something “lucky” happens to you and it really opens up doors for bad things to happen in the future. Have you ever thought “if that thing didn’t ever happen all of this wouldn’t have happened either”? Exactly.