This work deals with women’s inner conflict with body image. The figure refuses to look at herself, disinterested in her appearance and unwilling to accept…
Knowing who you are comes from knowing your past. That’s what most people think, though not everyone leaves their homeland as a baby. In the spring of 1999, when I was six months…
For those of you who don’t know what CP is, it stands for cerebral palsy. But beyond the label, CP is a physical difference that I was born with. I weighed a…
My name is Naomi and I am 14 years old. I just made the varsity tennis team which is great because I love tennis. I also love my toy poodle, Rocky, and hanging…
Time and time again, I’ve grown up hearing that my teenage years are supposed to be the best years of my life. It just so happens that they were also the years in…
While to some people this piece may seem like a disarray of chaotic doodles, to me, it is an illustration of me and my personality. Every character is unique and individual, and all…
RBC Flaunt It Award: Writing Finalist Statement My piece deals with the struggles of a young girl growing up, trying meet her father’s expectations in every way and pushing…
This piece was created to show that a victim can overcome bullying even if it’s relentless. I was bullied in High School and now that I’m a senior I have changed my outlook…
I was born with a brown birthmark on my left ear lobe. When I was little I didn’t mind it and didn’t think much of it. But that changed one day in kindergarten.…
“Self-Portrait in Door Mirror” is a piece about understanding and reconciling the disparities between my own gender expression and identity. The pink skirt the subject is wearing in the painting is a powerful…
I chose to film this music video at the skate park because one, its where I work and two, its a great environment for the community. I like filming this because its an…
Well, if cancer wasn’t bad enough, now my arm won’t work. I just learned how to walk downstairs again, which was really hard when my feet would barely come off the floor before…
I spent this past Christmas in the hospital. I had one tube in my left wrist, keeping me hydrated, and another in my back, filling me with an anesthetic that numbed my abdominal…