Reflection

Reflection

This work was created after six children (aged 11 to 14, attending different schools but living in the same area), gathered together and talked a lot about the climate crisis in London, the area where we live. The UK faces many problems due to climate impacts, of which the problems we were most aware of being sea level risings and flooding. In England, even a little bit of rain makes it difficult to go to school because all the roads would become blocked. We thought about this problem extensively and came up with various ideas. Eventually, we agreed that even if the flood comes, the climate issue will not go away and people will continue to live life as if it were the new norm. We gathered our various ideas and divided roles to complete the painting, expressed our parts, and also portrayed the various problems we had in our own parts. Ariana created the flood water and the sky, the colour of the background is musky and very dark to show how bad the flooding is and how it ruins the whole world. Louis and Evan chose to draw their favourite iconic buildings of London, such as the Big Ben and the London Eye. They came up with the idea that even if the city was submerged in floods, it would still be turned into an underwater attraction. Chaewon and Junhee thought the underwater tourists of this piece represent how in our near future, our society may delude themselves into thinking ‘this is what’s reality and normal now’, when in truth, climate change is what’s wasting away our precious planet yet not enough is being done to prevent it. DoYune, who drew the garbage and ‘floating city’ boat, refleced that the daily dispose of garbage could significantly damage London’s environment in the long term. If we all allow this to continue, we may face major consequences with flooding.