Atem Breath.
Some people might see this as a messy, piece of art
I see it as a sad piece of art from far away.
Something someone spent a lot of time on.
Trying to create a beautiful picture
As I walk closer I start to examine the colors.
Now I see a kid, trapped
Inside a house, alone
Nowhere to hide
Again I stare at the piece as pictures and emotions run thorough my head.
Now I see a field of colors
I’m feeling free
I start to see the world in a different view
Before I leave I take another look
Now I see a person painting this
With many emotions
Sad, happy, confused
Just can’t seem to find himself.
Finally at the end of his painting,
He feels complete.
Gerhard Richter wanted this piece to be happy
That is not the way I see it
This piece was painted in 1989
It is a inspiring piece of art.
Teenage Issues.
You are walking through the hallway of school, as your walking you hear people calling you names sometimes it doesn’t bother you, but other times it does, you are walking and you just can’t take it anymore. You feel alone like there is no one to help you or to stick up for you. You go to your classes and when it is time to go home you can’t wait. When you get home you go up into your room and cry no one is there for you, you feel so alone and useless and think that you don’t deserve to be in this world so you think that killing yourself is the only answer to all your problems. Did you ever think about the people that love you, your mom, dad, sister/brother? About 65% of the people today are killing themselves because of bullying in the United States.
Suicide rates are different between boys and girls. Girls mostly think about suicide and sometimes attempt it, some girls that don’t want to end their life’s just cut their selves. Boys usually go through on committing suicide usually by a gun, hanging, or jumping from heights.
In the book speak Melinda goes to a party and gets drunk after just a few drinks, soon a guy asks her to dance she says yes and they dance, the dancing leads to kissing, next thing she knows she is in the middle of the woods. She had just been raped. When she realizes she had just gotten raped she might have felt alone and dirty. She thought that her life was over. She was probably thinking about suicide at the time.
This book can teach kids that suicide isn’t the way to go no matter what. Suicide can hurt people who care about you. We should try to decrease the amount of suicide in America by helping kids instead of making fun of them, or even being there for someone who had something tragic happen to them, because when you feel alone and have no one to talk to you think that no one would care if you died, prove to them they’re wrong.
