Personal Statement
I decided to go with leaving because I liked the idea of an object doing the action of leaving, not being left, or abandoned. I chose leaving because it is a central theme to my own life. In a literal sense I have done a lot of leaving. I've moved around a lot. To be honest it has almost become second nature. As for how to interpret the abstract thought of leaving, I tried to think very literally, a person leaving a place, or leaving an object somewhere, etc. Then I started thinking a little more abstract, like death, the idea of someones soul leaving their body, or something like the polar ice caps melting. As important as those things are, neither of them are things I am personally into. I started making a list of things I am interested in, and still came up with nothing. So I started browsing my photo gallery. I came across a group of graffiti pictures, something I find very interesting. I started thinking about how it could relate to the theme of leaving. Surprisingly it came quite easy. Graffiti is art, left on a wall by an artist, who is leaving a piece of themselves behind. I also thought about people leaving their mark on society. People of great importance. Another thing I thought about was leaving a literal mark, such as a scar. Scars tell stories, sometimes very interesting ones. Personally I am very drawn to graffiti, I used to do it myself. As for the second, I one day hope to leave my mark, be remembered in society. I love scars for the stories behind them.