My partner Rachel and I initially planned to go to a drag show in class, however due to some age restrictions we had to come up with a plan B for this project. So we decided to go to Central Park Zoo. I honestly didn’t think the zoo was going to be as small as it was, I barely saw any animals; the most exciting animal I saw was a bear. We had some technical issues towards the beginning, we didn’t realize that the Sony recorder required a different type of memory card, so I waited inside the zoo with all the equipment and Rachel left to go to the nearest shop because we thought we would have to pay for two more tickets.

While I was waiting, I took out my journal that I started making for my Time class. A journal to document ideas, drawings, memories and honestly whatever came to mind. I had been feeling really homesick that weekend so I was pouring my feelings out through overlapped handwriting, which is a very nice way to release any kind of frustration or sadness. I overlap the handwriting so no one else can read it. Which is what I represented in my art piece. I chose to illustrate dippin dots because that was the most exciting part of this trip to the zoo. I absolutely love dippin dots and they just make everyone feel so happy because they are so colorful. In a way one would think its ironic that I chose to “pour out” my feelings through dippin dots but it was more like a relief to get some time to reflect and release some tension.

I not only took my journal but I took my camera as well and I managed a lot of photos.