My painting, "I Survived: Zeitgeist of Youth", addresses what I see as the coming of age of young people, in which their eyes are opened to the reality of an un-just country. They discover that the consumerist bubble that they have been reared in is wholly corrupt, and that the power-holders in the country have no concern whatsoever about humanity or the health of the planet. -may the shock of reality bring about much needed change- It is my hope for humanity and the planet,