My project, in case anyone is still on blogger!

So I wasn't in class to present my project (had the flu pretty bad) , which changed from last class because I kind of ruined the printed out word pieces with the hot glue! As in, they weren't readable, and I burned myself with it so there was no way I wanted to keep going with it. Besides that I liked how it was going... here's a pre-hot glue photo

And here's what I ended up doing with the photos.. I hope you can read the writing or click to zoom on the photos, not sure how Blogger works with this.

Put them on thick paper and then I bound them together. It's not as "artsy" as before, but it keeps things safe so it's functional at least, and honestly more like me. Function>Appearance


I decided to make something tangible for my journal transformation since I enjoy things that I can touch rather than just look at, similar to how I like to read books in my hand rather than on the computer or kindle devices. The meaning of this project for me is to step outside of my comfort zone and make something that other people will see as a representation of myself. Some of you have asked what my feelings are as I'm making this project, and they're all over the place. I've been really frustrated at trying to get things to stay in the same place, or tie the pieces of wood together through the netting because I don't feel very patient. On the other hand, I enjoyed learning different knots that are used on sailboats and trying to apply them to this project, so that's a plus! When I tried gluing the written print outs to the back of the photos, I had pretty sad and angry thoughts like "This is why you can't make anything," which I knew was just a negative voice and told it to go away ;) I was angry at the hot glue because it hurt, even though I was the one controlling it and burned myself, but anger isn't exactly rational, I mean people get mad at the craziest things, and hot glue isn't even up there compared to some things. I was happy to challenge myself in a simple way and just try, and even learning to accept that it might not work was a challenge. Accepting that this was too frustrating to do alone and making something more practical, but then after I made the practical and functional piece, I realized that I could have just asked an artsy fartsy friend to help me out with it instead! Next time... Some people asked "What can you learn from this project," and I think I just answered that, I learned about myself and how to deal with my thoughts and emotions that came up whether or not they were rational. Someone asked, "What's the ultimate potential?" The ultimate potential is that maybe I'll just get all my thoughts and feelings for each photo I take throughout certain moments in my life and have someone else put it all together for me :D I also included rough dates and locations of each photo and some thoughts and meanings they have to me... soo enjoy!

PS I'm just now able to really function again after being sick & literally dehydrated (going to eat some real food tonight!), so I hope this is all in order and makes sense. I also hope you guys get a chance to check it outtttt. Enjoy the weekend/break!