Walking past 23^rd and 5^th Avenue on a Tuesday afternoon, something caught the glimpse of my eye. Sparkling colors of purple, green and light blue were decorated on the floor by an artist’s hand. He didn’t use markers, spray paint or a brush; he simply used colored sand. Yes, it shocked me as well because it was so unique in my eyes. The people walking paused just like me and stared at the art that the artist created in real time. He created a star with interior designs with layers of vibrant colors and made exterior designs that incorporated extremely well with the star. The masterpiece wasn’t colossal. It was rather small compared to the size of the concrete floor that the artist was provided with. This showed that art isn’t about the dimensions; rather it’s about one’s appreciation of the piece of work.

            Out of all the materials provided in New York, the artist used sand. I am making an emphasis on the usage of sand because it’s so innovative and creative at the same time. The artist used the concrete floor as a piece of paper, the wind and rain as the eraser and the sand as ink. Art comes in all forms, shapes and colors just like humans. This type of art form should receive respect as much as a painting would receive.

         The piece of art the artist created was for that short period of time then the next day it may be vanished into thin air, literally, or swept away by a broom. Incredible isn’t it? Such a distinctive piece of art can be gone in a matter of minutes, hours or day. Thus, even more so, we, as intellectual learners of today, have to appreciate our surroundings, which may be very much so, art, in a different form.