For an Art investigation I investigated many ways to manage anxiety from the stressful world around us. I explored the different kinds of mind strategies one can use to help them grow as a person. Creating an acrylic-painted eye that, within it, reflects a river, I am portraying the strategy of letting your negative anxiety "float down the river out of your mind"; this overlays the collaged background of family, friends, and hobbies that I deeply love and care for. The love and joy within the collage is replacing the negativity that the girl is letting go down the flowing river. The girl is releasing the anxiety and replacing it with all of the good within the background. This metaphorical trick of letting the negative "float away" can connect someone with the good in their life.
I wanted to share the strategy of replacing the negative with the positive by using the river strategy. I want my art not only to be a 2d representation, but also a way to spread a message so that is why I am printing my art onto clothing. The front of the sweat-set has the numbers 814, which are the numbers for personal empowerment and aligning with your life purpose. I want people to wear this set as a way to work through their anxious thoughts and feel like they can conquer their dreams, a message of not letting their anxiety get in the way of what they want to accomplish.