Sustainable Systems: Find objects on the street and create an art piece.

Quit It

The piece I created is titled Quit It. As I was going along the street and observing the things that were on the sidewalks, I noticed that there were a lot of cigarette butts that people just threw on the floor after they finished smoking. Along with the innumerable amounts of cigarette butts, there were also many different kinds of leaves that had fallen off of trees. I decided to collect these two things to create a piece of work that represents the world and the affects that smoking has on this earth.

I gathered and used many different types and colors of leaves that I found to form the earth. The leaves represent the nature that makes up this earth. Then I lined up the cigarette butts that I collected, around the leaves, representing the smoke and pollution that is created from smoking.

This title Quit It is directed to the people who smoke. Not only is smoking horrible for the body and the health of the person who smokes, but it is also harmful for the environment. After filling their lungs with smoke, the smokers leave their cigarette butts on the sidewalks, which in turn creates an unpleasant and dirty city. Both the title and art piece are promoting the viewers to help prevent polluting the earth and environment by quitting smoking.