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I love my teenage daughter more than life itself, so as a consequence for poor behavior I recently grounded her from her cel phone FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK! That sounds like a contradiction I know.
A couple days went by. She was angry with me for cutting her off from her friends. Apparently she thought they would forget her existence. Apparently she also forgot how to use a traditional land line phone (but I wasn't about to show her).
She hated me (in a teenager sort of way), and I felt sick (in a mothering sort of way). When I spoke with her, she would only reply in one syllable grunts.
My children think I relish passing out punishments. I really don't.
Then...something miraculous happened. She began to create artwork during all the free time she had.
This is what she made:
That skull? I think it represents my head.
Those missiles? I think she wanted to toss some my way.
Those peace signs...maybe she felt bad for what she'd done.
Yeah right.
When I asked her about it, she told me it represented what was going on politically in the world.
(secretly I think she was just being polite).
None the less, I love this piece of artwork. For me, it represents so much on many levels. I want a T-shirt with it plastered on the front.
I feel validated for grounding her- knowing that if I hadn't done my job, the world would be less one amazing piece of art.
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Your daughter has a beautiful talent! Haha I wouldn't mind if you grounded her more if she kept creating such beauty and you kept sharing her art with us! She might disagree, though...
ReplyDeleteYou did good...I love that she forgot about the land line - this generation is growing up so differently than us. Great art too (must take after her mom) love how she is showing her angst at the situation.
ReplyDeletethat is so awesome! she did all three in the different colorways?
ReplyDeleteThankyou for the kind comments above. My daughter will be thrilled.
ReplyDeleteDeirdre to answer your question, YES. She cut them from a rubber block and inked them in different colors. She pulled several prints on paper, and is trying it on a T-shirt. I plan to do a tutorial down the road on this technique.
Have you heart of Uneetee? www.uneetee.com. My son buys ALL of his t-shirts here. It's pretty cool. Artists submit designs, and if they get enough votes, they not only win money, but will have their design on t-shirts worn by tons of people.
ReplyDeleteI keep trying to get my son to submit some of his drawings but he doesn't think they're good enough.
I think she was speaking in terms of HER political world. YOU, the 'dictator', she the impoverished(cel-less) peasant. Though too strong a statement for my taste, my kids thought it a great piece of art.
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