On the other hand, working with my third phrase has been difficult. I chose "wake up" because I sent the intention one night that I would let an idea come to me and when I knew it, that would be what I would work with. I woke up the next morning and was looking at an old painting of mine on the wall of my bedroom. At the bottom of the painting is the phrase "wake up." Immediately, the song, Razor by the Foo Fighters started playing in my head.
"Wake up it's time
We need to find a better place to hide
Make up your mind
I need to know I need to know tonight"
It was my little wake up call, so I'm sticking with it.
The only problem is is that I'm having a hard time coming up with an idea. When Robbyn mentioned that the piece could be about what would wake up the viewer, I got to thinking. What wakes me up? Lots of things wake me up. Coffee, scary movies, stress, genocide, super cold east coast mornings. But what woke me up just recently, was an article I came across on the BBC website about a 13 year old father. The picture alone is a wake up call, but the reality of sexually active kids having kids has brought it to a whole other level. I'm not sure where I can take this, but I know that it is something I want to work with. I have been working with children (school, summer programs, disabled programs, etc.) for 10 years. I think it's time I said something about it.
huge topic, politically and emotionally charged...wondering how you will approach and connect to what moves you most about this issue personally. great job so far creating and expressing "felt experiences" in 2D.
ReplyDeletethat news story got me too. funny you mention it in terms of 'waking up' because when i saw it the first thing that came to mind was how that little boy must feel in the mornings, especially right after hearing about the pregnancy-- that feeling when you wake up and remember what you're dealing with. of course, it's now all shifted for them with the media involvement. a whole new set of issues!
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