Michael Tapia-Gonzalez

This piece of art is a photograph taken on a rainy afternoon turned into a cyanotype. Looking to emphasize that water look and feel that it is all over the paper.

Water for me was a blessing in disguise as it has helped me be able to lose 50 pounds. A kid in a wheelchair from the State of Delaware who was just drinking soda all the time. Giving me an option to be able to become somebody I wanted to be and was able to give me a better mentality which just started with a sip of water. Which then afterwards became me just purely drinking water and nothing but that. Gave me options when I only thought that soda was the only choice to drink. Helped me see what others were able to see when they drank nothing but water. Water was always the stepping stone I needed even though the first few days were the hardest days of my life. Water challenged me mentally and physically to try to obtain what I wanted especially living in a Hispanic household. It gave me options to be able to have more water bottles inside the house but appreciate that without water none of this would be even close to possible and my dream would only be a fantasy. My experience made me realize why water is truly a blessing.