Micaela Jones

Completion Date: Nov/12/2017 As you can see, a man and a woman are making love and there's the sun shining behind them. The message behind this painting is, sex is a sacred and beautiful gift given by God because it's a physical expression of love between two people who accept each other not only for who they are, but also accept their physical features. If you look at the couple closely, how they embrace each other looks like a heart. A couple of more messages behind this painting include: (1) sex should only be done as an act of love within marriage, not out of lust or just for fun, and (2) we shouldn't be ashamed of having feelings or desires to have sex, including having it with someone we love because that's how we express love. It's just best that we do it at the right time and in the right place.

Since last month was Autism Awareness month, I painted this picture to not only depict what things were like for me & how I felt as a child with high functioning autism growing up, but also to show that even though I'm different, I'm still a piece of the puzzle, as we all are. If you notice, one puzzle piece is blue while the rest of the pieces are all gray, but in different shades (I'm not referring to "Fifty Shades of Grey." I have neither seen the movie, nor do I wish to see it). Th e point is, in the painting, we're all different even though we look the same. We're all God's children. Growing up, I thought I was the only one who was different because I felt completely different from everybody, including my family. I was like a sore thumb sticking out of my family and my peer groups. But when I grew up and was old enough to understand, I realized we're all different. Even in my family, we're all different. But, it doesn't make us