My mother is from Taiwan. When I was young, we used to visit this beautiful island a lot. Taiwan is famous not only for its delicious bubble tea origin and high-tech semiconductors, but also for its natural beauty. As an suburbanite from Northern Virginia, I was in awe of Jade Mountain (Yu-Shan), the height of the Snow Mountain (Xue-Shan), and the scenery of the Central Mountain Range.
I drew this picture because I wished to mirror the journey of a water droplet. I aspired to represent the flow of water from up in the mountains all the way to a human’s uncaring hand but how important it is to our daily lives. I hoped to reflect a painting of a water-drops path through human pollution and its descent into the ocean. We litter the oceans with junk yet water is necessary for us to live; we’re biting the hand that feed’s us. I wanted to show the significance of water in our ecosystem from floods to droughts to the slow growth of a tiny plant. Although showcasing and teaching about the water cycle itself is important, I believe that I should paint the journey of the visible harm that we bring to our ocean so it may be able to help bring change to our water droplet’s journey.
2021 11th Climate Change Painting Competition, Taiwan Institution for Sustainable Energy
International Competition | Bronze Award (Junior High School Division)