i really wanted to do something that came naturally to me again, and to have each aspect of the piece to have some kind of autobiographical meaning.
i felt i could identify with what octavio paz said about the mexican being ripped open for his voice to be heard. it does take a lot of out a person to share and to be open about his thoughts, his emotions...it's like sharing a piece of you to your audience. it can be therapeutic and healing, but it can also be scarring--evidence of that kind of sudden emotional outburst might never go away. hence, the (hopefully) suture like sewing back of the ripped pieces. yet, what is revealed underneath can be quite beautiful, and it can still flourish.
Peony -- Here are the links to everyone's online notebook. And Peony--I like the way you include the different views of your projects--and how this gives us a sense of the way ideas develop (and get clarified, visually speaking). You might consider varying the size of the images on the blog page itself--so that smaller images "reflect on" larger ones. That said, the enlargements (once one clicks to see the images enlarged) are fine. But variation would give more drama.
ReplyDeleteAlso, keep on mixing your personal thoughts with your understanding of what we're reading and focusing on in class--what you're doing with this is encouraging!