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Suffocating the Fire: A Junior Self-Portrait Illustration by Alexandre Hugly (2013)

The assignment was to illustrate a prominent passage in our personal essay, something that represents us. I chose to illustrate the concept of how trivial matters are always flamed out of proportion but can be extinguished by the ocean of understanding one’s self. The lady in flames and background in ashes symbolize these events that are stressed in importance and bring grief. The spiral of water coming from the sewer hole is what extinguishes the fire - You must understand that your place in the universe is simply one drop of water in an endless ocean, meaningless except to yourself and those around you. This is why you must extinguish the fire and let time pass, as time only moves forward.
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