This post is just to introduce my latest project brief which is developing a Personal Identity using collections. Although there are a number of things I already collect, most of them aren't intentional (odd socks for example - I keep hoping the other will turn up) and don't inspire me. I'm more inspired by living things and growth. I thought that everytime I went to someone's house I could ask if they had a plant that I could take a cutting from, then make a record of the date it was given and it's size etc.
Although I still like the idea, I decided to follow up something I'd wanted to do for quite some time, which was to collect snippets of wisdom or anecdotes from the elderly. Yesterday I went to visit a residential home in Leamington to discuss my ideas with Mark, the assistant manager. He was incredibly helpful and enthusiastic, and now I have the outline of plan to begin sketching and interviewing these people.
When I was explaining the project to one gentleman, he told me that I must remember that when you're old you forget and that he didn't know if he'd collected any wisdom because he'd forgotten!
Although I still like the idea, I decided to follow up something I'd wanted to do for quite some time, which was to collect snippets of wisdom or anecdotes from the elderly. Yesterday I went to visit a residential home in Leamington to discuss my ideas with Mark, the assistant manager. He was incredibly helpful and enthusiastic, and now I have the outline of plan to begin sketching and interviewing these people.
When I was explaining the project to one gentleman, he told me that I must remember that when you're old you forget and that he didn't know if he'd collected any wisdom because he'd forgotten!