The Olympics

It is 2008 and Olympic year. At this time, the Olympics are being held in China and has been exciting.  In the Olympics, first-rate athletes gather from all over the world, and only a few of them can get a gold medal. The high level competitions make audiences excited and move us. On the other hand, the Olympics make athletes too enthusiastic and sometimes problems happen. I strongly believe that the Olympics lead to world peace.

First of all, the Olympics should be the biggest symbol of peace. Many athletes from all over the world are gathered in one place, and all the people who live in the entire world focus on this event. Athletes shake hands and praise each other's performances no matter where they are from. This is the most beautiful picture in the Olympics, and it seems that there is no problem of nationality, race, religion, or other serious issues. On the other hand, people strongly feel their own nationalities and feel proud of their own countries only in the Olympics. I believe the Olympics peacefully connect people and countries with each other.

One of the most pleasurable points of the Olympics is that people can enjoy the highest level of performances from athletes. The beauty, power, balance, and speed of their performances and sometimes competitions between rivals attract people. There must be tension when an athlete challenges to change the world record, or one athlete tries to get more than two gold medals in different events. As an example, in this Olympics, Micheal Phelps, the American swimmer, got eight gold medals, and every time in his races, I am sure that people had goose bumps. Watching the highest level competition is an extreme pleasure for people, and the Olympics is one of the most delightful events.

On the other hand, the Olympics gives us not only delightful news, but also nasty news. A gold medal, the symbol of the best athlete, makes athletes too enthusiastic. One athlete who got a bronze medal got in trouble since he threw his medal away. For him, nothing but a gold medal is valuable. Likewise, athletes occasionally cry with depression even though they get a silver or bronze medal and say that they can not go back to their own country without a gold medal. Furthermore, sometimes audiences heat up too much and boo their rival coutry as they do not want their rival team to lose. We have to rethink what the Olympics is for, and that medals are just prizes and are not everything.

The Beijing Olympics in 2008 has been exciting. While people are watching the games in front of TVs, they get happy or sad depending on how their teams are doing. Sometimes people give foreign athletes a big hand and are moved when the athletes perform well or keep performing although they reach their limits. That is exactly how the Olympics should be. Nothing but the Olympics can gather the attention of people from all over the world and only in the Olympics can share every person their happiness, excitement, surprise, and many other joyful things. I believe, from now on, the Olympics is held for the world's happiness and peace.

The title of this painting on the left is "PEACEFUL RACE". I hope this "Olympic Man" will be the symbol of Olympic peace. If you can not find your country's flag on the picture, there is your flag on his back, do not worry! Peace!

Comments

[Hedy]

"Olympic Man"
A wonderful picture!
An excellent picture!!
An amazing picture!!!

[Keita]

Thanks, Mina.

I am satisfied with this pictuer. I could paint as almost what I wanted. The price is 12 dollars, almost the same as you paid for the calender.