throwback post of mine

aboveignorance:

This looks really innocent but…

this picture is actually of a little girl sliding down and stopping because she notices a cloud of smoke in the horizon and a flashing light. I made this after going in depth about the Cold War in AP Us History. The fear that in everyday life you could die at any point. Most pictures were of mushroom clouds and smoke, but I didn’t want mine to be cliche. I wanted to show it from a side no one thinks about. Nuclear bombs aren’t scary because of the blinding light, the smoke or the fire….but from the thought of not knowing. Look at her…she’ shocked…she doesn’t know what it is…doesn’t know she shouldn’t be looking directly at it…she just…doesn’t know..

medium: pencil on matboard. 

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Posted on Saturday, 21 January
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