Reflection

When I was younger and went traveling in my country, one of the places I always loved to visit was all of beaches, the smell, and how vivid the ocean looked. My teacher also taught me all about ocean pollution and how much damage it can cause. I recently learned that in 2025 every day in our live, 2000 equivalence garbage trucks full of plastic are dumping the trash into the ocean, lakes and the rivers which means that in this year only we have dumped garbage into the ocean of about 304,000 tons. That’s why I drew the plastic floating on the surface of the ocean beside the oil spilling from the boat - because in reality, while pollution may cause unpleasant effects for humans, the ones who truly suffer are marine life such as sea turtles and fish. I made the brighter parts of my artwork represent the ocean before it was polluted, to show the contrast between what it once was and what it’s becoming. Today, plastic and other forms of pollution in the ocean are getting worse, and I wanted to raise awareness that this shouldn’t be normalized. There are still creatures living their lives in the ocean - their home - waiting for this pollution to stop.