The Clocks in the Background are a Salvador Dali Reference
Aaron Harris
Willow charcoal, charcoal pencil
2027
This drawing uses surrealist elements of repetition and absurdity to create a cataclysmic and insanity-endusing event which results in me being forced to lose my right hand, my dominant hand. It follows a new fear of mine I developed after breaking my arm in a bike crash, which left me in a cast for several months, unable to make art. I began to wonder what my life would be like if this was permanent. What would happen to us, as artists, if we lost our abilities to make art? Who would we even be? Would I lose what made me who I am? Why does my entire future rely on the performance of this one fragile limb?
I've come to the haunting yet reassuring realization that my art IS me. All I am is my art. Without it, I am not me. But as long as I am here, my art will still take form, in whatever shape it must to allow me to survive.
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