Anna Hight

Carmel High School

Junior

I’ve never been one for big gatherings or scenes, I would much rather stay in the comfort of my own bed. On the rare occasion that I do go to an outing, I get drained easily, quickly. Is it because of my anxiety? Or my low social battery? These are the questions I’ve asked myself my whole life. I tend to sit in my shower after going out, because I’m too tired to do anything else. I stare blankly into space, my peripheral vision slowly narrowing.

For this piece, I want to translate that feeling into art. To create a sense of depth and distance, I utilized the inside of the wooden canvas. The walls and tiles of my shower are white, hence why the canvas is plain white. When I’m out of it, I tend to feel small. the picture has a lot of negative frame space around it to resemble that. LED lights are on part of the frame, since I have LED lights in my bathroom to help me calm own in situation like these. The plastic is the glass on my shower. I tend to stare at the water droplets falling down one by one. I’ve always had a hard time keeping close friends. Because of my dad’s job, I’ve had to move every two to three years. Each time I move, I find it harder and harder to make friends, let alone to maintain a close friendship. In my photographs, I tend to take a picture of a single and distant subject. Perhaps somehow my experiences in life have snuck its way into my art.