As part of envisioning my girltopia, I found it helpful to ponder through art and I would like to share this project here in hopes that it will inspire others to explore their ideal world through art. This particular piece of artwork it the result. For me this was an exercise in making thoughts and emotions appear on paper. It was an exercise of reaching into the past and forward into the future. The girl stands on the edge of a balcony, looking out over a lake, towards the mountain beyond. She has taken the time to pause in her journey, looking towards her goal and contemplating the value of it. Every piece is meant to represent a hope for girls in my vision of girltopia. I chose a cut paper medium because I truly feel that the ideal world for girls is not just one picture, but truly the combined and layered ideas created by the ingenuity of the human race. I placed her in the mountains because that is the place where I have come closest to seeing a real girltopia. She is in nature and yet is not truly a part of it. She is accepted into this landscape and, in turn, accepts the world around her. This is not the end of the journey - girltopia - it is merely the true beginning of a lasting and meaningful shift in prejudice that moves us one step closer to a world of shared ideas, valued relationships, and mutual respect.
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