The colors give a sad/melancholy mood but the picture portrays happiness. So it might be saying in order for happiness they/we had/have to go through a tough time.
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1: when an object is near, you can see every little detail in the object, and when the object is far, you can't really see much
im stuck with the other steps, but i hope 1 can help atlaest
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She placed it between 3'o clock and 9'o clock