"Appreciate the value of expressing in visual form one’s personal experience" A goal of personal expression, in how I created this particular picture and why I did so. First, I started to draw a breaking pillar that one could find in any sort of fortress or castle. My mind then thought of the idea of having some sort of acrobatic figure jumping across this pillar. Then, I started thinking about ninjas and their skills, and their own motives, such as assassinating a powerful figurehead or protecting the inocent. I then added the rope, so that this ninja could swing across to the next pillar, sort of like how we live our lives today, just going forward onto the next pillar of our life. Swinging on the ropes of time, and doing so by a means of quick, acurate moves, just like a ninja. However, we are not ninja's and so we must move through life the best that we can, look ahead, and to stay ahead of the flow.