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This angel seems to be either exhausted or sad. She is at a cemetery kneeling and looks defeated. I feel this can connect to current issues happening throughout our world, our country or even our cities. Recent racial divides among our nation in particular has led to hurting others.  Angels are among us, either within our families or each other, or even within us.  When I was a kid, my parents and grandmother always said I had a guardian angel and that we had to make it proud, they were of course talking about our conscience.  How will mine look like when I meet someone, at the end of the day, week, year or at the end of my life?  I hope to have made my angel / conscience proud.

"I can do all of this through him who gives me strength."
-Phillipians  4:13

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Tyler Grenn: I think artwork express emotions in our current events by the style the artist uses. For example, the hot colors like red, orange, yellow, etc. shows us that the picture is mostly positive. Blues, purples, and greens are mostly showing negative emotion that persuades the artists. I choose a photo that the artist shows a little boy crying. The artwork is called the crying boy. This explains the reality of our world right now, our world is going through a series of hardships with the children in poverty and people who are fleeing. In Seria, children are getting killed and they cannot leave because they are so poor that they cannot start a new life somewhere else. The artist of this picture uses the tears to express the emotion of people who are living in this position and life is hard.

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Sofia Piolanti: This painting is chaotic. Hundreds of people are wounded and dying, and they never deserved it. In our world today, so many people are dying or wounded emotionally and physically, that absolutely don't deserve it. These sweet, pure, innocent children are dying, they are hurting, and this painting represents that. Also, I feel that this painting represents pain on an emotional level. It could show the pain of betrayal from your own people, from your own kind. The betrayal kills you inside, and each time you think about it, it kills you again, and again.

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
-Psalm 34:18

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Bella Gallegos: Art can help us express emotions by using symbolism and realizing what we have been missing in certain situations. By creating art, you are sharing your story to everyone and that can have great meaning behind it. Some times, you can show your opinions too. This painting is by Claude Monet. When he painted this, he might of realized some things he would not have if he did not paint this. This place could have great meaning to him, whether it be sad or happy. Maybe he might have had some great or horrible memories here.

"Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."
John 1:3

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Reagan: This painting, Mare and Colt, by Robert Cook shows the love that a mother and child share. It shows the bond between family, and the eternal happiness that family brings us. The mare (mother) is comforting her colt and the colt is nuzzling the mares’ side. This can be translated into our lives too. It represents the eternal kindness, family, and the bond that family and close friends share between each other. No matter what happens the mare will always love her colt, and no one can tear the bond that family shares.

Our Family, a circle of strength, founded on faith, joined in love, kept by God.

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Emma Masserman: The painting that really represent our world in my opinion is the painting by Pablo Picasso called  “Portrait of Jacqueline.” It features one women of two different ethnicities. , in one person. I feel this represents our society today because we have formed a nation where it shouldn’t matter what race or gender we are, but this freedom that we should have it starting to fade because of white supremacists causing racial bias, and discrimination. However they are not fully separated because there are still people in this world that don’t care about race, and those are the people everyone should be.
"Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord."
-  Hebrews 12:14

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Kaylee Friend: This piece of art shows a gun which is tied in a knot where the bullet is supposed to come out. This art makes me feel sad but also reassured because it shows the artist cares about world peace. Many people in our world today turn to violence to “resolve” issues. This piece of art covers this topic because the artist is trying to promote peace without guns and violence. I think this sends a great, strong message to everyone who sees it.    Gun Tied in a Knot Sculpture

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Isabella Martinez: I loved this picture and knew this would be the one I wanted to use when I saw it. I chose this picture because it emphasizes being different. In our world today, we struggled with people being different. Racism is based on fear. We fear the different because we don't understand them. But if we take to time to really know everyone. Our world would be a better place. we should strive to be different. That's what's makes us unique. We don't learn new things and ideas from being the same as everyone else. By being different, we can learn new ideas, new cultures, and new inventions. Most of the world comes from being different. For example, the Church thought the earth was the center of the universe. If someone wasn't different, we would have never discovered that it isn't the center of the universe. We all need to be different to keep develpoing our world today.
"Let you light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in Heaven."
-Matthew 5:16

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Samantha Stutler: Art can help us express our emotions because the image can show how you feel. The colours and image can show how you fell at the time. You can also relate to art and make a connection with something going on in the world. The picture I chose is the Whistler’s Mother. In this painting, there is an old women who looks depressed and alone. She is sitting a chair with her hands on her lap, the walls plain around her. She seems to be waiting for something but I don’t know if she knows what. This can connect to all those who have lost a loved one sometime in their life and are left all alone. They are waiting, but for what?

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

1 Peter 2:9 NIV

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Olivia Ochacher

Art can express current events because sometimes you can’t share all your feelings you just need to draw out what you see and feel. The photo I chose was a photo by Vincent Van Gogh. I chose this picture because he drew a family called the Potatoes Eaters. In this photo you can see where they live, and they don’t live in the nicest place but they are all together as a family. They are dirty and are only able to eat Potatoes. This can relate to the world now because we sometimes divide ourselves from others and avoid them all the time. We can still come back as a community and work hard to avoid racism and other things that can defend people. “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” Mathews 10:24-25

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Jack Cohen: This woman is crying like she had just lost a child or someone she loved. She is nude suggesting she is poor and it is from Picasso's blue period. this relates to today in Syria because of all the refugees. she is a refugee who has lost her child because of Isis or the regime.

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The angel shows how she is disappointed in her city. She expects so much from the city and the world and this is just very depressing because of bias, racism, and religious conflicts. There are many religions such as the Jews, Christians, and Muslims. they are all suffering persecutions and separations. This should not be happening in her city. Our city. Lots of people are just sitting on the side and think oh well I am just one person in a world of billions of other people what can I, me, just on person in the world really do? We can all change somebody in some way and we do it anyways and we don't even know it. Even if you get one person into your argument then they get others, and those people get others, and it goes on until enough people are agreed to change this and you just impacted so many people's lives.
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed spirit"-Psalm 34:18

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Maggie Balleweg

Art can help us express emotions about the current events by it representing sad times or even happy times. When you create art you are showing your true feelings to the world. It can also really show what you as a person are thinking. The art work I picked is a beautiful piece of clouds and a field of flowers. This represents that when you are in a place of darkness or in a sad state just remember somewhere out there in the world there is a beautiful place for you to go.

“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” John 1:3

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Audrey Moffatt:

This picture shows a family that is in poverty they are sad. This family is of all ages and look like you and me. Their clothes are dirty and torn and they are crying. This image shows that anyone can be in poverty behind their doors. If you see someone that may not have a lot or they may not have anything at all, don’t judge them. Nobody is perfect, you always have to be respectful. Also, always cherish what you have because you never know what could happen. In our world today I believe that we can help these people, so later in life people won’t be in poverty. This painting will always stand for the people in the background, who don’t really mean a lot to us. But, they will be in poverty whether we see them or not.

“You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.” Deuteronomy 15:11

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Josh: How can art help us express emotions about the current events or world situations that are constantly unfolding? This art is a painting that has two figures that look like parents holding their kid that looks like he is not very happy. This connects to the world to me by always having family first. Your family will always be there for you no matter what. They will always love you and care about you. They are your #1 people and they are always in front of everybody else. Always put your family first because they will always put you first until the day they die.

As for me and my family, we will serve the lord- Joshua 24:15

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The art piece I chose really shows a huge problem with society today, how we use our electronics constantly. So many people don’t take a look around them to see the beauty that the Lord created, but look at small screens. I can relate to this picture as well, because I am guilty of doing the same thing. This really saddens me because the Lord’s beautiful world is being destroyed by buildings and machines. Everyone needs to take a while to appreciate what we have in front of us, the Lord’s creation. “What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look - the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon.” (Psalm 104:24-25)

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In this picture you see an angel looking over a baby. This means someone is always looking after you making sure you are OK. Even in the times of need someone is there. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 " But the lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one." - Lehua

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Carelle Enrique
There is the saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words."  This painting by Michelle Wiarda is a tree during fall with butterflies.  To me, this represents friendship because it is like the tree is alone and the butterflies are coming to be its friends.  In today's current world, so many people need friends because of all the struggles we are going through such as all the natural disasters and the fights for freedom. People should take action and be there for all the people who were affected.

“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother”.
-Proverbs 18:24

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This angel is looking down on these young siblings. This piicture shows that this sister watches her little brother on a stormy night even though they're both scared. So this angel watches over them because of their braveness. I can relate to this because I have a younger brother and ever since he was born I was always asked by my parents to babysit him, so then I started taking responsibility and watching him at all times, such as helping him find good friends and good schools and a bright future because I love my little brother and I lookout for him.
"God is within her, she will not fall."
-Psalm 46:5

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Rylie Evans

Art can help us express ourselves because you can express all of your emotions in one painting. In this painting in the background it is dark, mysterious. Towards the middle of the painting, surrounded by all this darkness, these bright yellow radiant flowers bloom. From the flowers, light rises from it. This author was feeling hope from dark times. In the world today, many dark times fall on us, but we must have hope and find something to shine light on us. One thing is the terror attack in Las Vegas, New York, and at that school. Everyone was going through a tough time, one way or another. These are not happy times, these are very sad times. The communities need to find light in these dark days. Another way to look at this picture, it something beautiful can bloom, from something dark and sad. This is true for the terror attacks. The community came together, which caused good, from something really bad, the attack.

"Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.” Joshua 10:25

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Art helps us express our emotions in many ways, whether the feelings may be sad and sorrow or happy and uplifting. Art can represent so much more than paint on a canvas, especially in Pablo Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist”, which displays so much symbolism, mood, and tone. The emotions illustrated in this painting are melancholy and depressed because of the dark colors used in the painting and throughout Picasso’s “Blue Period”. He went through the “Blue Period” because of a very hard time in his life, he was poor and his friend had committed suicide. However, God will always be there with us and guide us during times of need. Although Picasso couldn’t really sell many paintings during that time period,  he was greatly remembered and his paintings now sell for millions of dollars.

“God has a reason for allowing things to happen we may never understand his wisdom but we simple have to trust his will.”

Psalm 37:5

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Art can always help us express emotions. I think the best way to express your emotions through art is when you don’t have the courage to use your voice and talk. Art is your voice just expressed in another way. If you are deaf, possibly art is your only voice.

The Sick Child: I relate to this because I watch my mom help all 4 of her children every single day. No matter what she is feeling like, she is always helping my brothers and me.

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This artwork is of a black priest. I think this painting represents that it does not matter your race, ethnicity, or skin color. You can do or be whatever you want and that it is not fair to take that away from someone because of where they are from.

“Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.” John 13:16

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Today our society says we our supposed to act a many people which caused for a variety to feel the feeling of being trapped, and unable to express how they feel.  To me this image shows that, the women trapped in the cell stand for our brain (feeling) and the girl trying . to cover it is society. My bible verse for this is  Psalms 139:14 - 127:16 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.

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Emma Sellin:

To some, this painting may just look like some paint in various colors splattered on a white canvas, but there are so many more symbols and colors that represent the human’s emotions. For me, this painting represents how people feel when they are sad, and depressed. I think the tone is sadness because the art is painted with many shades of blue. But, with every bad thing in life there is always good which is exactly what the blobs of pink are. If we continue to embrace the spots of pink and focus on the good in life, then the blue will eventually go away.

Bible Quote: Bad company ruins good morals. -1 Corinthians 15:33

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This sculpture is of an angel with a weapon in her hand. To me this is how she serves to the people. This angel is protecting her and her people. She is brave, and fierce. This has an effect on me because I need to be strong and brave in everything I do.

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A pictures saying a thousand words, art is very powerful. It can express how people feel. It helps express your emotions when you can’t use words to explain. It lets you understand one another. Colors are emotions. Red is mad, blue is sad, yellow is happy etc. People use theses colors to indicate how they are feeling. As shown in this painting. You can tell she is sad since it is blue.

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Alexis Hafner: Art can help us express emotions and address current world issues. This piece of art it a very cheerful piece with bright, vibrant colors. It shows two hands. One hand is black and one is white. I feel like this addresses the issue of racism and the barriers between races. This sends the message that we need to break down the walls. We are all human and there is so much violence because of race, so we need to do something. I love this piece because it is so inspiring. This is truly a work of art that someone put their heart and soul into

“…God created the whole universe through him and for him.”
-Colossians 1:16

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Amin Poursoltan: Art can help us express our expressions about the current world situation more thoroughly than with words. With art, we are making our ideas a visual expression of our ideas. The following piece of art that it against industrialism that causes pollution. In the picture, there is a painter who is painting. He isn’t painting on paper or canvas, he is painting on smoke. The smoke is coming from chimneys that are most likely from a factory. Most of the sky is blocked out by the smoke. The painter is painting a sun on the smoke. He isn’t giving up, even though there is continuous smoke going into the sky. A bible quote from 2 Chronicles 15:7, “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”

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By the beauty of the way it looks and how life should look like. And it should brighten out people on what they’re going through. It sad that many people are dying it not good art doesn’t look good and it doesn’t come from happiness and love a lot of hate from other people just because of their differences. I chose this picture because of the angry of people because their different.  Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Pslam 23.4 

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By the beauty of the way it looks and how life should look like. And it should brighten out people on what they’re going through. It sad that many people are dying it not good art doesn’t look good and it doesn’t come from happiness and love a lot of hate from other people just because of their differences. I chose this picture because of the angry of people because their different.  Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Pslam 23.4 

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Art can help express so many emotions that sometimes we can’t express. In this painting there is a bond, a bond between a creature so big and powerful. A bond like many of us can and can’t express. This emotion shows how you can care so much about a person or an animal. It shows so many emotions. Now people are so toward violence.  We ask why? Why is violence the answer? Why can’t love and cherishing moments happen? This picture is not just about love its about cherishing every moment beetwen your family or friend  Corinthians 13:4-5: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

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This painting is a girl and man smiling and showing their love for one another.In our society especially now, this shows that there still is love and how happy one person can make another. Our world has had many bad things happen to it and people have been killed. This painting is so small but shows how happy people can be. Choose love. in all forms.

quote- Love must be sincere. Hate  what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9

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I chose this picture because it represents how pollution is ruining our world. So many ocean animals are dying because of trash and pollution left in the ocean. This picture shows a fish in the sea, throwing up bottle cans, and metal wires, and all the things that should not be consumed as an animal. The ocean is full of life, and the amount of garbage that the underwater animals are ingesting is enough to kill so many animals. People throw things down drains, and leave trash on the beautiful sand, and it is polluting our world today.
Numbers 35:33 “You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.”

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I chose a sculpture of Mary holding Jesus after he died on the cross. Mary is mourning her son’s painful death. I feel that this sculpture has many connections to our world today. One connection is the value of family. Mary did not decide to leave Jesus after he died. Instead, she stayed with him until he was placed in the tomb. She even visited the tomb to bring flowers the very next day. Our world needs to value family more because they need to realize that not everybody is fortunate enough to have some of their family members here today. Another connection that I feel this creates is how important love is. A lot of people today are lying to their parents to go do things that they are not supposed to do. Teenagers are getting hurt because they are lying to their parents. There have recently been unfortunate events of kidnapping that happens when kids do not listen to their parents. Our parents love us and want the best for us, so we cannot take advantage of our parent’s love. A Bible quote comes from Ephesians 6:4. It states, “Do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction to the Lord.” This quote shows that God tells parents to help their children in the best way possible by helping them to know God. Mary raised Jesus to know His father, so our parents should do the same.

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Art is very important in helping us express emotions about current events or world situations because it shows our that people can come together to try and make this world a better place. The little girl on Wall Street facing the bull, symbolizes the strength of women, overpowering all the sexism in the world. She stands for unity for women, and that with enough courage, we could even take on a bull.

“I in then and you in me- so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” –John 17:23

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I don’t think art can art help express emotions about current events around the world that are constantly unfolding because I am not a really spiritual person but art can depict and honor people that have made an Impact in the world. Philippians 4:13

This picture represents a man who did not want drama, and he helped show people that all people are equal. Today there is still racism and this statue shows that all people are equal.

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Parker Bates
This piece of art, North by Northwest, shows meaning in the colours.  The colours give a sense of illusoriness, a place where people go to disremember their dilemmas and plights.  This art cloaks the terribleness of actuality and presents the best parts, the best ideas.  That’s what the colours characterise.  “For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.” –Romans 1:20

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Art can express the emotions about the current world events by the colors and scene that is pictured. Usually, darker and bluer colors are used to represent a sad or depressing time, while brighter colors are used to represent a happy time. One example of art expressing a period of time is the age of realism. Realist paintings are often very bland and colorless, in an attempt to represent people as they are. People at this time were usually working, which is often represented in this art period. One example of a Realist painting is Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet. This picture depicts three men, a dog, and a stage coach, which is in the background. This painting is very realistic and does not attempt to portray anyone or anything as more or less than it is. This time period was filled with working and discoveries, which is displayed with the background being wilderness as far as the eye can see.
Bible Quote: "The birds of heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas." -Psalm 8:8

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Art can help us express emotions about the current events or world situations by showing everyone what you feel. Some people put all their emotions into their art and it helps them get it all out. It expresses emotions about the current world situations sometimes by showing some people what is happening if they don’t know what is happening. The current emotions I feel about this art that connects to what is happening to our world today is that it shows someone being proud to be free.  The man on the horse is showing his pride to have liberty and for being free. I feel that this is what our world is doing in some parts today, or trying to gain freedom.

"For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith." (1 John 5:4)

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By the beauty of the way it looks and how life should look like. And it should brighten out people on what they’re going through. It sad that many people are dying it not good art doesn’t look good and it doesn’t come from happiness and love a lot of hate from other people just because of their differences. I chose this picture because of the angry of people because their different.  Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Pslam 23.4

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Michael Carpenter

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Art can help us express emotions because you can just look at one and it can remind you of all the good times you have and all the bad things you have. This is can help some of us relieve our emotions and our stress.

This art work is by Vincent vangough and it is showing how peaceful things can be. This to me is showing a starry night sky and is very peaceful. This painting clears my mind of all the bad things in the world. “He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains. Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. He also overlaid the house with gold--the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.” 2 Chronicles 3:5-7

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Jason Diab

You can express emotions that can affect people in many ways. In New York City

8 people died because of a terror attack. I think people should stop hurting people and let there be peace. No innocence people should die especially by a terror attack because they still have things they probably do before they die. No one should die because of killing, you should die a happy death. The quote I picked for violence is people who are powerless make an open theater of violence.