I chose this memoir because I can relate to it in many ways in terms of my nostalgia for my old school and things I've had to let go of in the past year that I can't seem to find a way to forget about. I have cried a lot because of the changes in my life. I also cry sometimes because I can’t find a way to move on from the past and it’s frustrating when I always remember and think about it. My nostalgia for my old school has been extremely hard on me for the last year because I didn’t want things to change, but my parents decided it was time for me to have new experiences for high school. Therefore, I cried quite a bit because I didn’t want to leave my old school since I felt so comfortable there. I’ve also been having a hard time moving on from my first relationship, which was in the beginning of this year. My 6 word memoir connects with my old school and my relationship because it’s been such a long time now since everything changed, and I still think about it every day. I represent and illustrate my pain and struggling from the past year with multiple empty pieces of furniture in my drawing. I have 2 empty tables and a bare bed, which to me represent the emptiness I’ve felt from moving on. On my bed I drew a puddle of tears to represent the many times when I’ve cried alone in my room wishing things could be different. On the back wall I drew a small picture frame with 3 dots. Similar to the way you would write “...” to perhaps show time passing in a written piece, I have it in a picture frame to show time passing in my life, since so many things have changed.

​I created a sign colored in the basic colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV) with the phrase "Hold On Pain Ends" leading across and down the square paper. The meaning of my piece is that even when times are hard and life seems stressful and hopeless, there is always hope around you somewhere. Then, when you dig deeper into the meaning of "hope," you find the idea/theme of the word (can be) hold on, pain ends, and that there is a light in your future, so don't give up. I included the rainbow background behind the phrase because in my opinion, rainbow's can represent opportunities and happiness that can appear in many forms, hence the multi colored patch. This ties together to show that hope is always around, and pops up in many different forms.

I am extremely into music, and I am always writing new song lyrics for myself. About a year ago, I decided to look up "life quotes" on google images to find inspiration for myself for a new song. That was when I came across a picture with the phrase "Hold On Pain Ends" and I immediately wrote it down because I thought it was genius! When Ms. Hertz explained to us what we were going to do for this mini project, I thought about the quote, and made the connection very suddenly to rainbows.

I chose to put my drawing/piece on the wall next to the door to the school store. I chose this location because I know that many students come by that area every day for the school store, as well as just to hang out, so I could be sure that my art would be seen by many.

I have realized that art doesn't have to be a drawing, it can be a phrase, or even a word, that has lots of meaning behind it.

There is much more art around Center City than I really realize.

​I created a sign colored in the basic colors of the rainbow (roygbiv)  with the phrase "Hold On Pain Ends" leading across and down the square paper. The meaning of my piece is that even when times are hard and life seems stressful and hopeless, there is always hope around you somewhere. Then, when you dig deeper into the meaning of "hope," you find the idea/theme of the word (can be) hold on, pain ends, and that there is a light in your future, so don't give up. I included the rainbow background behind the phrase because in my opinion, rainbow's can represent opportunities and happiness that can appear in many forms, hence the multi colored patch. This ties together to show that hope is always around, and pops up in many different forms.

I am extremely into music, and I am always writing new song lyrics for myself. About a year ago, I decided to look up "life quotes" on google images to find inspiration for myself for a new song. That was when I came across a picture with the phrase "Hold On Pain Ends" and I immediately wrote it down because I thought it was genius! When Ms. Hertz explained to us what we were going to do for this mini project, I thought about the quote, and made the connection very suddenly to rainbows.

I chose to put my drawing/piece on the wall next to the door to the school store. I chose this location because I know that many students come by that area every day for the school store, as well as just to hang out, so I could be sure that my art would be seen by many.

I have realized that art doesn't have to be a drawing, it can be a phrase, or even a word, that has lots of meaning behind it.

There is much more art around Center City than I really realize.