Picture #1

I drew this sometime when I was in my freshmen year of high school. It makes me mad that when people look at it and they ask, "Why is she bleeding?" She is not bleeding, that trail is her hair. My thoughts/reasons behind this picture are simple, but it can go pretty deep. If you pay attention, you can see a girl, one big hand, and multiple smaller hands that is holding her. The way I see this is two way. The first way, the girl is being held down by the hands. This symbolizes that others can hold you down and make you feel like you are less than what you actually are. There is mainly one person who makes you feel this way more than others, but there is never just one person. The other way I see this is that the hands are helping the girl up. She is down on the grown, depressed and feeling alone. But the hands symbolize the relationships between her family and friends and they help her off the ground and out of her depression. They are picking her up and helping her. As stated before, the meaning of this picture can go two different ways. But the way you take it, is the way you see it. And the way you see it will also reflect off of your personal life. If you see it as the hands are holding her down, then you feel that others are holding you down and you are depressed, whether you try to hide or not or if you even know it. But if you see it as if the hands are helping to pick her up, then you are coming out of your depression or you are getting through a tough time in your life with some help from others. Comment below and tell me your thoughts on this. How did you see the picture? Does it reflect you and your life? Let me know. :)