Tom chambers final pieces with comments

NigelD said: there is always another way

Bonnie said: It looks like a nice afternoon at the beach. It seems a bit depressing and melancholic, like someone's pondering over their childhood memories. It has a cold feeling, which I don't really like. 

As for meaning, it seems to say 'segregation'. It's illustrated in the physical sense, but I guess it could be spiritual segregation or separation as well. I think the girl on the horse is lonely. She seems to be in her own world, mentally removed from the physical reality around her, or perhaps removed from the mental reality of her friends' world.

Award said: if you ever played marco polo as a child you might kind of know what i mean ... when you're playing around in the pool as a kid and you're waiting for people to catch you, but they swim right on by? there's a sense of relief, but also this "why didnt they know i was there?"she's slowly become the outsider and she doesnt seem to like that idea...

Jaebin said: The girl on the horse looks left out of the girls group. The lonely girl doesn't know where to go, she is following the group. The girl looks quite lost and cold. From my point of view this piece is quite depressing.

NigelD said: Rowing blindly and inadequately to eternity?...

Bonnie said: I've never associated happy feelings with dry fields and old style clothing, so I feel largely negative when I look at it. I guess the symbolism of the boat paddling in the same place, on ground, means that she's at standstill or really confused. It looks like there's a storm coming or something like that and she'll get drenched and even more confused. She looks lost and defiant, despite the fact she's in a bit of a pickle. A very big pickle.

Award said: the boat images poses an interesting juxtaposition: so out of place, rowing blindly through a field. i get this feeling of alienation and confusion (who wouldnt be, i guess?)the storm, as bonnie mentioned, i think really captures this juxtaposition. it looks like the kind of sky you see over the water - and the seagulls add to this. i think it's about blindly searching for something when youre looking in the wrong place to start with.

Jaebin said: The girl's life has been ruined. She doesn't know where to go and she is just paddling in the same place, like she's not moving forward. The world seems to be a beautiful place in her own world, like flowers, but when you look around everything is dead.