Exercising Emotion.
When asked to bring in an object that carried an intense amount of emotion I automatically knew I would bring my phone. (As if I wouldn’t already have had it on me.)
In conjunction with my media class, film classes, and of course Integrated Studio, I have experienced a heightened awareness of my consumption of media and also the media I create/perpetuate. I feel more than anything, conflicted when it comes to me cell phone and my media.
- I see how my phone inhibits me:
- wasted time
- comparison via social media
- unoriginality (?)
- I see how it may help me:
- communication with family
- inspiration
- research
- directions
- help (?)
When we did our initial exercise in reproducing our emotion into soap I was overjoyed by my result, it felt cathartic and direct. 
Media and Research.
I am doing my final project in my History of Photography class on the Bauhaus so I found a lot of inspiration in the (largely female created) textile sect of the school. I wanted to incorporate textiles and weaving into my project.
I am already in love with collage and it was the other media I wanted to incorporate.
Final Iteration.
Reflection on Process and Critique:
I was pleased with the work I did for this project. It felt so right to render this thing into existence with my hands. That is when I feel at peace and powerful – when I am making something. There is something so powerful about making.
I was blown away by my peers kindness. I was personally proud of the piece and I didn’t know whether or not my peers would feel the same way I did about it (wonderful). But they did! I like to think that when you care deeply about something and you work hard that in some capacity parts of your audience will appreciate it. It was a big boost of confidence in me to continue to work outside of the typical sphere of media and making that I tend to see.