Reflection

In my art piece, I wanted to express the physical and dangerous effect of climate change in a realistic way. My personal experience was when there was a wildfire near my city, to the point where I could not go outside due to the thick smoke. This inspired my creative process, and guided me into making the effects of the fire as close as possible. While creating my piece, I felt a little down, seeing the terrible effects of mankind. While I was researching climate change, I learned how much people do not care for the climate enough to just do one small thing. Trash is in the wrong places, it's thrown on the ground, and is all over the ocean. This made me realize how important it is to help contribute to save the climate. This piece encourages that message, and shows the audience the drastic dangers of climate change. I am interested in the arts because of my sister, who worked hard day to night painting, sketching, and working on competitions. She inspires me to keep drawing to reach how far she has achieved today. By working on the art and researching about the topic of climate change, I learned to engage in more climate related activities like organized clean ups in my community. I learned a lot while producing "Ashes of Mankind" and it has improved my understanding of the significance of climate change.