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I was inspired to do this painting because I love nature and space. I originally was going for something different but this is what I came up with in the end. I painted this with acrylic paints and paintbrushes. It took me about 2 weeks to finish.

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What inspired me to create this is I really like drawing seen-core / emo-core characters and I loved Sarahs color palete and reasons she dresses how she dresses.

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TRECA 10th Grader

Who art thou which quakes and grumbles?
I sense thy heart beat, thump and rumble.
Is she fumed at our disaster?
Tis earth; I shalln’t put it past her.

There lies validity in one’s vexation.
Why’s the dirt soiled with no hesitation?
She yearns for cleanliness of her heart.
Why ignore her desires, and tear it apart?

“Tis not fair,” wails the woman of green;
Aflame with her own fire: she groans- screams.
“One day,” she deems, “this shall be but a dream.”
If only her vessels would bid it all clean.

Her tears- oceans- submerge thy land.
Such waters prove fatal in faulty hands.
They’d reveal aesthetically if emerged from joy,
However…
Where the world should be run by men, there’s boys.

She is hurting- needs nourishing.
She is bleeding- needs healing.
She is tired- needs rewired.

She is Mother Earth.

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My artwork "disturbance in the water" is a piece about a popular mythical creature, the siren. There have been many different versions of the siren, it originates from Greek mythology and it was originally a half-woman half-bird, over the years it been mixed with mermaids through legends of beautiful half-women half-fish drowning fisherman at sea. I was also inspired by old pictures and found footage of sea creatures, such as the loch ness monster and the lake Champlain monster.

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TRECA 9th Grader

The elements have different purposes
water keeps us hydrated and clean
fire keeps us warm and so we can see
the earth is our home to us and the animals
air keeps the earth from being to hot or cold
without the elements the world would not be the same

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Me and my friend love to go mudding on our modified lawnmowers. I'm on the green one and my friend is on the purple one.

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TRECA 9th Grader

The water…
Still remembers…
You better… than Me…
The air still..
Smells like…
You…
the Earth…
Still goes..
Without…
You…
But our…
Fire doesn’t…
burn in…
You but..
In me..
Still..
Missing our love…

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This photo displays the beauty the Earth has to offer. It incorporates the elements of Earth, Fire, and Air. You can see Earth displayed by the plants and trees. Fire by the color of the sky. And air by the clouds themselves. This photograph is inspired by my love for capturing the beauty found in nature, inspiring appreciation for the life we live, regardless of what you believe.

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I drew what I think earth would look as a being.

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I just started taking a pottery class at a local art center. It is something that I've always wanted to try. This is one of my very first pieces. The sun is often viewed as a symbol of hope, representing the promise of a new day and the potential for a better future. It rises every morning, bringing light and warmth to the world, and reminding us that there is always a new beginning. I am finally starting to feel this kind of hope again after the bleakness of the past few years with the pandemic.

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its an IN-PERSON school with the 4 elements and they all are friends and get along

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TRECA 8th Grader

The fate of a tree in air. Shall be blown and torn apart.
The air is nice to feel sometimes but the trees cry when blown by the air.
The fate of a tree in fire. Will be burnt to a crisp. Fall apart and never be a survivor of fires flames. The golden beauty of death. The tree will scream in pain.
The fate of a tree in ice. Will be frozen like a winter wonderland of beauty. If the tree shall shake the ice spears of death shall fall. The tree will beg that the ice doesn't hit its feet.
If water boils over anger a flood shall occur. The tree shall be drowned. The water will run over then stomp the tree and run over it again. The tree shouts and begs and cries as it needs air to breathe.
Can you survive the fate of the tree when your four elements attack?

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Staff Submission

The Ice is melting all around me.

Snow in March isn't unusual
But after a period of warmth,
An initially unpleasant lesson arose: patience.

The sun stayed long enough To provide a glimpse, a taste
Of summer and all of her promises.
But of course, we forget About spring.

Spring is the unloved, underappreciated time:
Reflection, refraction, transmutation,
Of all the emotions Pooled during fall,
frozen, aching during winter,
free and pure during summer.
But we cannot have summer Without spring.

Give her time and attention,
Tend to her flowering branches.
Fruit grows deep beneath the surface,
Microscopic growth in seeds we did not plant, But growing nonetheless

Bring me peace, spring
Bring me patience to see the plan through To completion,
As all master plans weave bits and pieces, Seemingly useless or unrelated.
The best concrete contains fragments of rock and the ashes of loss,
Binding together our lives better than any homogenous, pure mixture ever could.

Trust the process to bring you to harmony, balance between all that you juggle in the universe and in the soul.

Only you can choose to let go and just live.

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This incredible fog is the result of water, air, earth, and fire. The 2018 Lower Puna Eruption on The Island of Hawai'i destroyed roughly 700 homes, covered thousands of acres of land, and created hundreds of acres of new land along the coast. Five years later, the remnants of heat from deep within these cooling lava flows are so strong that rocks on the surface and steam in the air feel warm. The intensity of these elements and the absolute silence in the wake of so many homes lost, creates an eerie, otherworldly feel. While foreign to us, the power of these elements have long shaped the world we know, and will continue to shape the landscape for the rest of time.

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TRECA 10th Grader

A leaf drifting through the wind
whisper in the night
smiling yet down

Trying not to drown
wandering around
hiding so I'm not found

Wishing to be free
like a bird soaring through the air
but I'm bound by anxiety

I take a breath and sit quietly
Cause I know that one day
I will overcome this anxiety

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TRECA 10th Grader

the elements can be calm or they can be violent.
the calm see under a moonlit sky.
A thunderstorm as the clouds scream and cry.
the dewy earth after a morning rain.
Or an awful earthquake.
A slight wind on a summer day.
A tornado that can blow everything away.
the flicker of candles in a dark room as you read.
a forest fire that consumes everything.
Your spirt is the only thing that remains a constant.
while everything else can change in a moment.
A witch uses a pentacle to connect with the five elements.
spirt, water, fire, earth, air.
elements that we all share.

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Staff Submission

Slipping

Skipping

Dipping

Tipping

The lake’s surface dances

Brilliant rippling sunlight glances

It’s just me

On the jet ski

Flying free

Air dense with laughter,

Waves, and buzzing motors

Breeze combines fresh grasses

Coppertone sunscreen and

Gasoline odors.

Ahead I race,

The cool air whips my face,

Speeding atop a fiberglass philly,

Rise up high and splash, laughing so silly

Lake time is

Break time

Taste the earthy water

Spray like rain

I smile and shout,

“Here I go again!”

Take a turn and send a cloud

Never heard you shout so loud

Spinning

Turning

Darting

Whirring

Flying in the air is just what I need

Love the lake - fun and free

Let it all go - on the jet ski

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TRECA 11th Grader

Rainbows are colorful.
They are also so beautiful.
They are plentiful of shade.
They bring out reflection they made.
They are fun to see and glee.
It brights out the lights at daytime.
Rainbows are fun.
I love rainbows.
They are so magical.
So sweet.
So nice.
They are pleasurable.
They are thought to come from sun and rain coincided.
Rainbows are made from spectrum.
They satisfy, admire me.
They make beautiful days.
Also make happy days.
They cheer me up.
They make the day overwhelming.
It is such joyous to see rainbows.
I love rainbows so much.
They are so much fun to see.
It's loyal and royal as it could be.
It's so much like heaven and whole universe.
Ooh, I love rainbows.
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TRECA 9th Grader

This is to you
When i think of you my heart burns.
Its like a fire that spreads across the earth with no stopping. That smile of yours makes it burn brighter everyday. I feel warm and safe when im with you.

When i worry about you my eyes pour like rain crashing from above. Its like busting damns as to flood cities below. Everyday i fall harder and harder for you but the rivers in my mind flood my thoughts like a warning. A warning i ignore day after day all because my love for you.

Everytime i go outside, everytime i see the blue sky it makes me think of your eyes. They have a beautiful shade of blue that's hard not to stare at and admire. Sometimes i see those storm clouds and i want to make them disappear in the wind. Everytime i see a tree, everytime i see the brown bark and the dirt i think of your hair and how goofy you are with it.

When i go outside on a windy day, when the wind blows hard it reminds me how you take my breath away when you smile and when you look at me you're so beautiful inside and out that it takes my breath away day after day!