In this collage, I use the concept of emphasis to explore growing up in the age of technology. The central focus of the collage is a photo of me taken outside at my grandmother’s house; I wanted this to greatly contrastthe circuitry and wires surrounding me and convey the message that childhood has been stolen by unrestricted internet access. From magazine clippings, I picked out images of older technology such as flip phones or clunky keyboards to display how violent the shift in technological advancement has been on children from my generation. Towards the bottom of the collage I included the image of a church and overlayed clippings of technology to show how innocence and mortality have been overtaken by our desire for quick dopamine and monetary earnings. The lyrics in the collage, from the song Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner by Fall Out Boy, are words that have always spoken to me but took on a new meaning when met with the concept for my collage. In the work, they become a way to display the feelings of suffocation that can occur with how much technology has been implemented into our lives. Lastly, the inclusion of the magazine clippings, “Unlearn This Hatred,” was used as a device to communicate the way that hatred and negativity are rapidly spread via social media and technology. By unlearning this hatred, we can reconnect with the natural world and define who we are.