Waterfall
Katie P.
Pastels on heavy card stock
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My name is Katie. I have autism and struggle with speech. My mom and I communicate with speech (a little), sign language and spelling on a letter board. My mom helps me with typing because I can't do that yet. I attend a school in Menlo Park called Open Mind School. Before that, no one taught me anything, and definitely not art! I love art. Art is freedom. I don't have much freedom. My art teacher showed us a painting of a waterfall with rocks. I liked it, but wanted mine to be more colorful! There was energy in the water. I needed color to express the energy. I know what the colors should be, but sometimes my feelings about what I am creating influence my color choices. I like to do art because it allows me to express myself better than with words. Words are difficult. Sometimes impossible. Art allows me to express things I can't say in words.
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Art is freedom. Art gives me a voice. I think in colors so I have always made art. But mostly it was me playing with colors. My dream is to learn to make good art
