“Breathe” by Katelin Lopez ’25
If I cannot create then I cannot breathe. Creating art is my air. It keeps me going. Creating with my hands makes the sun brighter, puts a bounce in my step, and makes my smile like the sun. When I’m deep in creating, the art starts to flow from my heart, and into the veins in my finger tips. My body and mind are at peace once I finish. For once, everything is silent in my mind. But once the ability to create is stripped from me, everything is dimmer, and my smile that was so big and strong is now weak, my mind louder than it should be, and the sky darker. I’m trying to hold onto the little air I have left so that I can make it till tomorrow because, when I create, all of this will disappear and I will be able to breathe again.
