I made this mixed media piece composed of colored pencils, watercolor brush pens, and acrylic paint to represent how relationships are an important part of everyone’s life. Over quarantine, many people felt disconnected from the world and their previous selves. Moving forward, as we look through the glass, we slowly realized that taking that leap to talk to others again, not over a screen, comes with benefits and disadvantages. Every time we engage with people, we face the risk of arguments breaking out or leaving one another but we may also foster feelings of love and friendship represented by the black figures in the glass. We need to stay hopeful and break the glass barrier preventing us from returning to the wonderful times we had before.
