Open Minds
Juliet (14)

Anything is accepted in this person's mind!

I drew the head open: the selection of symbols reflect some of the main conflicts in the world today, including religious conflict, gender conflict, and conflict about possessions. I tried to show the colours and symbols in equal ways, implying that any topic may be important, for example the moneybag says 'rich' and 'poor' in letters of the same style and size. One thing a lot of society frowns upon is homosexuality. Some people think it is unnatural, but I think this is totally natural, not forced love, but natural love.

I wrote many kinds of disability onto the artwork, trying to show equality between disabled and able-bodied people. I intended the skin colour of my open minded students to go from black to white, and I drew no face, purposely: open mindedness does not degrade or show favour to any ethnicity or appearance. I think open mindedness is shown in the simplest of details of a person's behaviour. Some love life, some hate it, others just let life go by: each person is equally important, and open minds know it.