Artist Statement

A detail can create a chain reaction, much like domino’s. This reaction could be huge, or small, all depending on the amount of domino’s in the way. Whether the details are the  time or weather, it will alter the world around it. I realized this when I took the two photos on the corner of my block. One was taken around four in the afternoon, and the other around 9:30 at night. You could clearly see how in a couple of hours the street changed. In the first photo, there were quite a few people on the streets and cars were everywhere, whereas in the second photo, there was only one person. Also, the second photo had the glare of many lights that attempted to lighten up the streets and shops. I found it astounding how much time had affected this street. It got me thinking about how much detail affects the world around it.

In my second photo, I was walking in the rain with my friends and noticed how the rain made me shrink beneath my umbrella, and how everyone around me seemed to be in a car or rushing to cover. Everyone knew exactly where they were going and how they were going to get there, no one was simply standing in the street. I started to realize that everything around me had an effect. Such as my dogs behavior. She was a rescue, and we believe her past owner abused her. When we first adopted her, she was shy, but as she began to trust us, she started to fear losing us. She would follow us everywhere, never letting us out of sight. And if she saw anything that she believed threatened our safety, whether it was a squirrel or a mailman, she would bark and try her hardest to get rid of this so called threat. I believe that if she had been bred, then she wouldn’t struggle with trust issues and attachment problems. Another aspect of my life that affected everything else is me being a swimmer. I have practiced four times a week and they are either really late at night or early in the morning, so my sleep schedule is never great. On top of this, I have to eat an early dinner, which makes lunch really unappetizing for me, once again throwing off my everyday life. But it has its bonuses, like when I do eat, I can eat practically anything, and I am also pretty fit, which makes things like gym and walking up 5 flights of stairs to get to school easier. I show how I never have enough time by standing by the pool about to swim, but holding my homework and looking tired.