This week I chose the word "overwhelmed" because I felt like I couldn't catch a break from assignments, exams, and projects. I chose to use lines as my shape and I incorporated them into a picture depicting a girl drowning in waves. I didn't try to make the lines spaced evenly as the point of the piece was being overwhelmed which I think comes with the feeling of being all over the place. For this reason, my lines are not perfect. Instead, I focused on creating a message that was accurate to my emotion this week. Althought the idea of it is simple, I think you can get a lot from the drawing. I think this piece is much different than others that I've done because it can look like many things. I liked the idea of seeing the lines as waves and the girl falling deeper into them, but to someone else it can mean someone falling in between the cracks. I think that the idea of drowning in waves and clutching for help is the first image that comes to mind when thinking of the word "overwhelmed". It shows vulnerability and truly feeling helpless which are both things I've felt the last couple of days.
I felt that working on this piece, although it felt wrong to take my time on it knowing I had so many assignments to do, allowed me time to just sit down and take a break. A break from the constant running from one class to the next, and a break for my brain that has been exhausted. Although, I still felt overwhelmed after my practice, it made me recenter my thoughts and it didn't seem like such a big task to complete my work.
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