For my memory box I want to focus on the main things that shaped me as a person. Starting with my hometown and childhood, making my way until the person who Im today living in New York.
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This first sketch represents how the bottom of the box would look, starting pictures and sketches of my hometown, of important people in my life who shaped the person of who I am today and the experiences I had to live to take me where I am today. In this section of the box I would collect items, letters, and even song lyrics that remind me of where I used to live. I will work my way down until the person who I am today, my new interests, inspirations, and current living situation.
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In this second sketch, I try to convey how the lid of the box would look. I want to hang specific feelings, thoughts, and memories that represent whats right under.
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As I start collecting memories, I place a polaroid of my grandma, the person who shaped me as an artist in the top left corner of the box. The necklace that connects the top with the bottom was the gift my family gave me before moving to New York, representing that even though we are far, they still shape the person who I am today. In the left bottom corner I placed some gifts that my roommates gave me here in New York, the idea of placing these gifts here is to show the contrast between my childhood and my early adulthood.
Part 2: News article —
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36319877
The news article I chose is the latest news of whats happening in my home country right now. I believe that the situation going on in Venezuela has shaped me as a person and will be included throughout the whole memory box.
