I have not yet started my final project, though I have come very very close to deciding exactly what I want to do, which makes me feel relieved. I know I want to do a narrative. A narrative in its most definitive and literal definition (side note: I realize that to tell a story to my viewer I do not have to literally "tell a story") I want to produce a series of forms, perhaps 4 or 5 depending on time and my concept. Each of these forms will represent the same being, just in different phases of an event. I do want to include an anthropomorphic element to it so next I will need to decide on a figure to be my muse. If I wanted an animal, it is likely that I would choose a mountain goat (I am very fond of mountain goats). If I chose a mountain goat, it is also likely that the story told would mirror a story of my own life. Because I associate myself closely with mountain goats, it would be nearly impossible for me to use them as the avatar for a story about someone or anything else. So shall I do a story about myself using a mountain goat as my main character? This is a leading possibility. I am waiting for something amazing to strike me like it always does when I am stuck as to what to do for a project. I wait until everything feels right and I know this is what I should do. I have not felt that yet but I really do like where I am going with this.
As for the material, I think that it will strongly depend on the story. However, I already have an idea in my mind that the final goat will be cast in metal. This is because if the story is about me, it seems fitting that the end result will be something hard, static, and unyielding, yet shiny and welcoming. For that goat I believe I will first do one in clay, then figure out the process with some help. What story should I do?
It was very helpful talking to turk (sp?) last thursday. She had me write down all my favorite things in life. What caught her eye was how everything I liked seemed to be threaded together with common themes: humor, family, narratives, happy endings, epic stories. This amazed me because I had honestly never consciously acknowledged that before. But after I thought about it, the more true it became. Pretty much everything I love in this world has some connection to a member of my family. Even my possessions, for example, only mean something to me if they were gifts from a given family member. I guess I am pretty into family, though I had never thought of myself like that. Coming from a "broken" family with a pretty messed up childhood, I always thought that happy families are just something on tv, but do not exist in reality, not for me at least. But I guess I have come to terms with my situation after years of hell I now feel like I have a better relationship with either of my parents, and either of my brothers, than many of my friends who come from those tv "happy families" do. I would like to incorporate this into my project. A story about my family? I like that idea.
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