Sand castles are harder to build in real life

So I've found another location I need to perfect. This is actually my second attempt at the beach. I actually can't find my first attempt which was a lot better than this one. This one doesn't make sense. Take the characters out of the photograph and this is a terrible photograph (well, keep me in and it still doesn't make it much better)

Either way, there are many things wrong with this that i need to fix. on the left side (stars is left, stars is left) I'm sitting there with no towel.. it just looks wrong. Also I'm having a lot of issues trying to figure out what the character who is representing my mind should be doing, this doesn't only apply to this particular picture but to all of them. 

I'm lost and it scares me.

Either way, I've decided. The thing is, I know what I'm doing. I know what works and what doesn't so why is it so hard. So what my mind is doing is altering it's surroundings.. by constructing something using the available material, something that is essential to the space. 

Classroom = Chairs

Darkroom = Trays

Library      = Books

And so with that logic Beach = Sand.

I had thought about gathering things that would normally be found on the beach like umbrellas, lounge chairs, beach balls but i'd decided these things are not things that are essential to the area. I feel like I need to do something with the sand. Something dramatic.

Wish me luck..  X