I’m sitting right there when I see it. I’m leaning against a wall as I look up. A painting, filled with the colors of the rainbow. It’s hard for me to focus on one part. Slowly I try to take it all in. I feel a sense of remembrance of a place like this, feelings that immediately come to me. I give credit to the artist Lex Thompson that took this amazing photograph known as, Sunset at Waimea Bay, Kauai.

I look closely at this photograph, to take in every part. I can see tree branches draping down like a spider’s web. Waves crashing against the gritty, yet soft sand on the beach. I can oversee the ocean on the right and the left with a sandy beach in the middle that leads a path to land. In the far distance I see a green skyline of trees below the light blue faded sky. Huge white clouds help fill the sky. I taste the salty sweet air as if I sipped the ocean water. The fresh air is filled with a smoky smell, like someone cooking on a grill. An old tree filled with artistic bandanas that make up all the many sights I love. They are all made up of sunsets, palm trees, and sandy beaches. With all of this beauty, I see someone walking along the beach, enjoying all of this beauty through their own eyes.

This place reminds me of Hawaii. I can see and smell things I remember from the aloha land. The trees look so similar. The view of the ocean and skyline look so much like it does there. The ocean looks the same, with a warm temperature glistening on the water’s surface. The soft sand covering the rest of the beach. I can feel the warmth of the sun as if I’m sitting right next to a fire. Reminding me of one of my favorite things to do, lie on a sandy beach towel soaking up the sun. I can picture locals surfing and others walking along the beach. All with happy faces enjoying every minute of the beauty they see. It makes me wish I was there. Brings me back to remembering surfing those similar waves for the first time with my two cousins. Also, walking along the beach with my family during sunset. Memories I miss all to much.

It's as if all the struggles of the world are shown through the survival of this picture. I see a grill and it looks as if someone made a little place for them to sleep. Someone made do of all the resources that nature supplies. Its like they worked hard to keep themselves alive. The amazing part is that they made do with the little resources available, and made it into something they needed. This expresses what I truly believe this art shows to the world.  It shows how many words a picture can say. It speaks to me saying that someone's fought to make a life for themselves.

This art shows that there can be so many different parts of life that people don’t give credit to. There’s a beautiful beach that’s sunny as ever. A colorful landscape and skyline that’s like a perfect painting. The sky is a gate to heaven. It brings in the good but doesn’t necessarily mean everything is always going to be perfect. I believe that’s what art shows. Other parts show that life can be hard and not always beautiful. They are made up to be something amazing with there flaws. It represents so many parts of our lives with how much we face. It’s like this art shows someone’s life and what they’ve worked for. It’s as if they left their own footprints there. Maybe they left it for the next person that needed a change in their life.

This art piece showed me the highs and lows of life. The struggles and the successes. The hardness of facing teenage years or losing someone. But there are also so many great parts of life like walking up to a beautiful sunny day or gathering with your family for Christmas. I feel like that's what this art piece shows. That in life, our path is filled with ups and downs but it’s important to have faith and trust in the path we choose.