The “Mozart Effect” is a widely-known phenomenon; it points towards music improving short-term memory, IQ scores, spatial reasoning, and more. On the other hand, lesser-known is the correlation between music…
Category: Art Issues
Caged Connections
This illustration is an abstract representation of social connections after COVID. Despite the internet being a constant gateway to social interaction, after quarantine it’s felt more like a barrier than…
Solidarity, Not Just Sympathy
This piece is based on the picture below, that breaks stereotypes about Asian, Hispanic, Black, Muslim, and Indigenous people. However; this does not include nearly all of the different ethnic…
Officer Oink!
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, I have created a depiction of how many cops are currently being portrayed through this movement. Since the start of the movement cops…
My Pride and Joy
Spat on, beaten, and in too many cases, slaughtered solely based on who we love and who we are. The LGBTQ+ community has not been treated fairly for a very…
The Right Side of History
I sketched this portrait on a sketchbook using a pencil. This is a sketch of Rep. John Lewis. The bottom shows when he was born and when he passed. I…
Giving Hope
The first thing I thought of to represent all the different issues being brought up were the petals of a flower. Each petal has an issue currently happening in the…
Not Done Yet
On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was a 26 year old who was fatally shot in her own apartment by police officers during a no knock search warrant. She wasn’t…
Acceptance
While we can all agree these past few months have been hectic, many of us have learned to be more accepting and have become more open-minded. In the midst of…