Reflection

In January 2023, I heard the news that most of the snow had melted due to climate change, making it impossible to ski at a ski resort in Filzmoos, Australia. Looking at the pictures in the article, the ski resort I had seen was full of brown grass. Naturally, seeing a different appearance from the white scenery of the ski resort that can be enjoyed in winter, I felt an unfamiliar fear. It was a different fear than when climate change caused the effects on the entire planet, such as rising sea levels and melting glaciers. It gave me an opportunity to feel the problems of climate change or global warming more seriously than the macroscopic effects that were difficult to feel right away. Inspired by the article mentioned above, I drew a landscape in which the snow of the ski resort melted and filled the area below with water. The appearance of people who hesitate and find it difficult to go down, not the appearance of a ski resort going down refreshingly, allows the audience to project themselves onto the people in the painting and feel as if they have encountered climate change. As climate change progresses, people's lifestyles will change little by little. The "NEW WAVE" store, built in the structure of a water house below the ski resort, metaphorically represents the way of life of people who have changed due to climate change. In this way, the artwork was made to feel the alarm that climate change must be prevented before it gets worse while adapting to the changing environment.