The Last Source

Over the course of the semester my source has really developed past my initial interests. When we were first told that we were to pick a source that we would be working with the entire semester, I knew I had to pick something good. I tried to think of a source that was meaningful to me in many ways.

My first ideas were marriage, loneliness, and contradiction. After further class discussion and searching deeper within I realized my interest in these three ideas was merely really a combined interest in the contradiction between paired lifestyles and single lifestyles.

When my source was to start to take shape from words to images, I quickly composed a pro and a con list for both being with someone and being by alone. I used my lists to come up with my ideas for my photos and then hit the town. Over the three weeks of images I to really show the contradictory as well as the complementary sides to both arguments.

Next we brought our images further to create an artist book. I stuck tight to my source, which I had now defined as a song I had written called Paperclips. The thought of paperclips took hold of me and I would not let go. I completed my artist book as structure of images and paperclips trying to further prove my point of how weak yet strong these bonds can create.

From my artist book I found my source, still defined completely by my song, in both sound and video. After doing so, I really started to want to focus my source in, and start to really examine my own relationships. This started after I had a personal experience with love that made me realize it wasn’t even what I thought I wanted.

I really started to shift my source towards these places in myself. I realized how my art work played even more a crucial role in my life than I had thought before. It keeps loneliness at bay but hinders new relationships. My art work is my jealous boyfriend who freaks out the second any one new comes anywhere near, but I'm okay with that, it really works for me.

That said I went into my final project wanted to reflect on my work. I originally wanted to finish my side project I had been doing all year, but with Lana’s directional assistance, approached a new idea, leaving Paperclips completely, to really try to show my relationship with my artwork, in all its beautiful glory.

From questioning love and what it was I wanted from love to learning that it’s my own personal relationship with myself and my artwork that completes me the way I thought only love of another person could. I feel my source and this class has really helped to open my eyes and see, despite my attempts to stick to one specific idea. Once I let go and let the source start speaking, everything came together, just they way I had hoped for.

(all i can) B

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Visual Language 2 Final Project

Second to last Progress

THE VIDEO IS COMPELTE!

I ended up not using the poem at all. i think it was a strong wise choice. The images and music are speaking so much already, I didnt need more.

So, here's what to expect

next blog

1 MY FINAL VIDEO!
2 my final source writing
3. WRAP UP!my relief once the dvd and the two aforementioned items are complete as well as my final reflections on my experiences in VL2 this semester

YAH!

The Poem for the Video---Video Version!

eyes straight ahead
set flight in course

no rules no context
dying to be

tightly fastened absolute destiny
never say forever

alone in the dark
i can live out my plans

looking for new a way
to escape my body

with an hour ahead
and a highway behind

eyes on the road
feet on the ground

don’t shed a tear
honesty is everything

its just a sacrifice ive had to make
in learning that

the only love that really counts
is the love you have for yourself

The Videos are up, at last!

My quick final teaser and paperclip video from before are up at last! The quality looks like shit but at least they are FINALLY up!

The song is ready.

My DVD is getting there.

Haha, excellence.

Now to continue forth!

VL2 2 Minute Video

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final clip

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