water color, colored pencils, ink, acrylic, makers; 16×20”
“Space will be an absolute war zone. The way our systems here on earth have no grounds to be the way things work. I think that the way we talk about space is incorrect. I think the way we think about our own planet is incorrect. The continuous destruction of others on our planet is disturbing. We will need to remove those practices before having a better life somewhere else. In my position, I believe that when we go to space it should be peaceful and for the right reasons. If all we’re going to be is a stain on the universe and its beautiful layers then we need to learn how to match it’s beauty before we tarnish it. When I think of the way we treat our planet it scares me to think about the way we will treat an entire universe. With my research, I found nations adding to trash build up in the atmosphere, I guess we just didn’t have enough here. If one nation has something of power the the others feel it’s necessary to puff their chests out even more and do whatever they feel will earn them respect. It ends up a stain just like everything else.”
ARTIST BIO: Madison Gray is a grade 12 student at Butler Tech School of Art studying art under art teacher Mary Catherine Ruby.