With this image, I’m trying to create a contradictory feeling between the smile on my face and the dark elements of the surrounding layers. The brick is intended to give a somewhat static feeling and to represent the monotonous building of a life. The tree gives a somewhat broken feel to the picture as it shatters the image with it’s branches and this shows that no matter how far you’ve come in life sometimes you still crack apart. The music notes over my face are an identity mask. Music is a really large and important influence in my life and I wanted to represent the role in my life that music plays. Brick by Brick is a piece to show the happiness I’ve come to find through building up, breaking apart, and learning through each and every moment.