Mandala Artist Statement

In my mandala I am trying to elaborate who I am. This is a very good question because at times it can be hard to describe myself. It took me a while to think about what I can write about but then it came to me, that my biggest strength its writing about my memories, my friends, and the events that have been essential. Things just continue to happen while I live life. However, theyre things that cant ever be forgotten. One of the quotes I relate to deeply is by the artist Drake. Look at where I landed, you would think I planned it. I'm just doin me and you can never understand it. This quote inspired me to pick out the pictures I have chosen. The images Ive selected are complex and straight forward to what my journey has been or is becoming. The first picture is about a rapper name Biggie. His music and story about his life is significant to my own. Its incredible the way he made it out the gutters. I look up to his accomplishments when I feel I cant do something as well. The astronaut represents the meaning of the phrase lost in space. The reason why this is so important to me its because I really have never found myself completely. I need to develop on to improving and figuring out how I make better decisions. My mother and my older brother are the ones at on the left, while Im a baby. This memory shows how close we were when we were young but how we dont have that bond as before. I suppose that sometimes we can just show each other more love and communicate more. The road that has an enormous pot hole and a beautiful sunshine is a sign. In some way it speaks to me that this is my path that I will be guided on. I put this photograph I to find what I can do to help out and contribute to my family. We see Drake the artist and within the pictures theres a quote. It states And really I like who Im becoming. The solution I came up with was yes, I am happy with who Im becoming. Ive become a trill but righteous person. Furthermore, the simple black/white Nike shoes. Its one of my favorite materialistic things. I know they wont last forever but when I see my shoes its my way of seeing myself responsible by taking care of everything I own. The center piece of my mandala is I, Geovany Sanchez. I put myself in the center because its my duty to progress my future and only I know from my past how I will use that to my advantage. I argue all of those who criticize me. The perfect saying for a better understanding is, you cant judge a book by its cover because its the inside that matters. One object that I cant see myself without is my IPod. My IPod is the closest thing to relating to my struggles and my goals. Its an object that connects me to a person with similar or same experiences as mine. Inglewood, California. This is my hood where I was raised and thought the ways of this city. You either become the influence or become one to be corruptive. One day I want to be known as the one who made it out with a future who influences kids to do the same. Then we have Albert Einstein one of the most respective creators and philosophers of the 20th century. People always think you need to be smart to become someone in life. Although, education is important, imagination is knowledge. I relate to this because I want to become an entrepreneur in the future. Sometimes you feel like you want to go anywhere just to escape the

moment of time or life youre living. Thats what the picture is showing with the guy going nowhere, not trying to discover anything in particular but trying to have time to himself, as do I. The woman in the bottom is my mother. A disturbance I have with this picture is that I wish my mother looked as healthy and full of life as she did in this photograph. Now, I see my mother full of worries and nervous. I wouldnt be the guy I am today if it wasnt for her. The little baby on the bottom right with luggage leaving is a symbol for independence from a younger age. It might not seemed that way with myself a lot but I always depend on myself because I rarely trust anyone. Overall through these images they all represent the type of person I am. All this is to show how I am forgoing excuses and making my presences show in the future from having a rough past to making something out of having nothing in my journey of my mandala. These images are some parts to my personality and mentality of who I am. These images are part of my life. The mandala is genuine; it has the struggles, the knowledge, and the sympathy. The mandala is a way to show of how I am transforming myself from what I went through in my life to the upcoming of who I am.