The main idea of my concentration is focusing on the stresses I suffer with in my everyday life. The main things in my life that stress me out are those in which I love. The main worry is I will be losing things and or people that I love. With this, I form my pieces around the idea of how I prevail through my stress with techniques I have gained over the years or amplify the drowning feeling I get when I am stressed. This whole process has actually benefited me and helped me excel in working with my stress and using it to my advantage. Through my investigations, I learned new things about my whole idea of stress. If I have learned anything this year, it is that you can either crumble from stress or you can use it to your advantage and overcome anything. Images 2 and 4 are pieces that I made showing the stress I have from the deterioration of my childhood. In both of these pieces I decided to add an ombre look to give off the effect that something so good is slowly going away from me. Image 5 is a piece showing how I deal with some stresses. A huge stress in my life is homework and I used Starbucks as a house where I can relax, get my homework done, and not get distracted by family members. Images 1 and 3 are pieces that I made symbolizing myself holding onto the precious memories I have with my best friends I made in my high school journey. Image 7 is a piece I made based on the stress of a one sided relationship. Relationships are something I hold very near and dear to my heart and do not make them just to make them. Since I care about my relationships so much, the stress of having a one sided relationship is one that overcomes most.