"The four kids had originally gathered around a notebook. Then a phone, then a laptop, and finally, the cabin wall, once Brett received a projector for his fourteenth birthday. After that, the calendars and pictures decorating the wall were taken down, thrown in a closet, the tacks loose in a desk. Despite the holes, scratches, and the lines detailing how tall Brett was from 2006 to 2010, the kids greedily feasted their eyes upon the wall as if it was there one true vice, like an alcoholic to whiskey."

"Waking up to a rainy day is like falling asleep to sun. You don’t know how to function or when the day had begun. Do I need to get ready for school? Are we still in the ides of June? I know “cowards die many times before their deaths” but I don’t want to leave my room."

"The courageous suffragettes of the Women's Suffrage Movement of 1920 tipped over the first domino that led to an unstoppable force of female empowerment that spread across the world."

"Jailhouse.org states that most judges can agree that, “your beliefs don’t have to be associated with a traditional or even an established religion to be “religious.’” The reasoning behind this is saying that while your vegetarianism/veganism may not be typical of your religion- whether that be the 227.9 million Christians, 2.23 million Hindus or 3.45 million Muslims in the US- they are beliefs nonetheless."

This diagram describes the details and symbolism behind elements I included in this artwork.

Created entirely on photoshop, and designed by Palmer Strubhar.