AMBER ALERT

2.3 to 3.5 million experience HOMELESSNESS

The homeless: 66% are single adults

Every 3.8 seconds someone has his or her identity stolen.

10 million individuals become victims of identity theft per year.

Abusing animals and the body

Animals kept tightly in chains for long periods of time may suffer from loss of circulation.

There is a link between cruelty to animals and other forms of interpersonal violence.

Neglect and abandonment are the most common forms of companion animal abuse in the U.S.

95% of those who suffer from ANOREXIA are female.

Half of fourth grade girls in the U.S. have started dieting.

Smoking, Drinking, and Crime Cards

Over 35 million smokers try to quit each year, yet less than 5% reach their one year anniversary.

Alcoholism distorts vision, hearing, and coordination.

The term "DIPSOMANIA" refers to the abnormal cravings for alcohol.

Alcoholism can lead to liver disease.

America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.

Immigration, Murder, and Obesity

Immigration

10.4% of the U.S. population are foreign-born

Murder

1 out of 217 Americans will be murdered in their lifetime

55% of all adult Americans -100million- are overweight

I Dream About Falling Teeth

I'm Scared!

I've always been afraid of things. Monsters and scary things are just not my favorite to encounter. My AP 2D concentration deals with things that greatly frighten me. My attempted remake of The Scream/The Cry by Edvard Munch has me as the screaming character that has been left behind by a bus in the middle of nowhere. Munch's piece deals with the feelings of fear, anxiety, and isolation. If I were to be left by a bus in the mountains I would fear that no one would find me and I would be all by myself. It just would not be fun to be left behind. Although I might not include this piece as one of my concentration pieces, I will keep it in my portfolio. Other pieces that I have done for my concentration include me in the middle of giant, vicious-looking snakes, surrounded by monsters, and being attacked by a giant octopus.

My Dog Betty

I've had my dog Betty for almost a year now. She will be one-year-old this month of October (7 dog years). We found her abandoned behind a small shopping center last December and decided to keep her. To this day I am not certain what breed of dog she is, but everyone thinks she is a pitbull. For her whole life she has lived inside with me in my room. When she barely moved in, she slept on my bed each night since we had not bought her a bed yet. It was cold so we would keep each other warm. We bought her a bed and she took long to get accustomed with it, but she did so eventually. We took her to PetSmart training classes, but unluckily she graduated with no sense of etiquette. She cannot control herself, especially when people come to our house. She barks at everyone that she doesn't recognize and lately she has been sleeping on my bed and leaving a ton of dog hairs on it. She is driving me nuts! But I still love her enough to catch her sleeping to draw her in a split-complimentary color scheme on green, textured paper surrounded by her toys.