BEHIND THE ARTWORK: Ordinary World

This piece is based on a stairwell in a building I used to live in. As you can probably tell from the picture below, the stairwell was a very dreary place. But there was no elevator in the building, so the stairs were the only option. The apartment itself was cozy enough (little small, though), but the stairwell was another story. The only nice thing about it was the big windows between floors. I could always look outside and see life beyond the stairwell's prison-like appearance. So I had to take the opportunity to take a picture of it in case I ever wanted to use it for anything.
When I drew Ordinary World, I tried to be very precise at first. But there are times when I don't guide the picture; the picture guides me. And I could not get this drawing to look realistic no matter how hard I tried. That turned out to be okay, though. It still offered the same ideas I had in the first place: each of us lives in our own little world, a little outside of reality. It is shaped by our environment, our experiences and the people around us. Beyond the window lies something bigger, something more. But even the way we view that is dictated by our view of reality. 
Now I need a cup of coffee and a cigarette. It's too early to be this deep.