"Just Breathe,"which are words I often say and live by, inspired this poster with the goal of communicating a mantra that rings true for me. The project required the use of unusual materials, which led me to photograph real leaves and physically cut out the letters with an X-Acto knife. The shape of the leaves elude to the shape of lungs, which connects the idea of breathing and feeling alive with the energy and life of the natural world. I feel that often times as human beings, we get so caught up in our own lives that we forget to do the simplest of things, which is to "Just Breathe."