Sylvia Frances

Johns Island, SC

My piece is based on a specific question I asked myself: How can I portray the realistic

experiences of a chronically online teenage girl? The peak of quarantine was during my 5th grade

year, and during that time, I rarely left my room. I spent all of my time online, trying to escape the

struggles of the world around me mixed with starting middle school. This particular piece

represents the chaos of everything, but shows how I wasn't alone because I wasn't the only one

experiencing things. To this day, I still struggle with spending too much time online, but I know I'm

not the only one, and that makes things just a little bit less difficult.