I wasn't sure what to expect out of today's activity but I was pleasantly surprised. To be honest, I don't think I really learned anything new about myself because I was just listing things I knew I liked. I don't really like too many things so it really wasn't a challenge coming up with them. However, I had asked Ilana to interpret my part of the mural and just by looking at it she said "It looks likes you don't want to bother anyone else because you made yours so small." I didn't really notice that, but it was true. That's one of the reasons why I enjoyed doing this. I wanted to capture as much of me as I could on that wall because I know that this is going to be somewhat permanent and when I come back to visit I want to see and remember how I was as a 17 year old. So I think in that way the project was a bit different for me. I didn't figure out anything really new about myself, and that's not what I wanted to take out of it, instead I wanted to be as sure as possible with myself and basically throw it all up on the wall. That's why this is so special to me. I want to document everything that's going on with me right now as much as possible and this mural only helped, and for that I thank you. So don't ever paint over it. Ever. Please.
"I want to document everything that's going on with me right now as much as possible"
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Because I know my high school years are shortly coming to an end and I know there will never be another time like this. I know I'm going to change a lot from now to my first year in college and I want to be able to see how I was so I can compare and be nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteI love what Ilana said to you because maybe it is what you were trying to do but never noticed because it was like a instinct. But I think the goal you had was maybe what other people had on their minds. To put part of us up there but to see how we change after.
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