Project 2

Miki Downes

Initially I had trouble narrowing down my personal history in to one conceptual idea. my first thought was to base the project around my family history. i created the smaller circles first visualizing some type of mobile. . . after sifting through pictures, journals and my junk drawers i gathered materials that i found symbolic or importamt to me. . . I have been dealing with a lot in my personal life recently. Not getting in to my personal turmoil, the mounted stress has had such a negative effect on me inside and out. The mirrors symbolize a reflection of the angst, anxiety and illogical worrying. I framed my piece with them to symbolize my struggle to recapture the inner peace I have lost within in myself. . . The logical side of me is able to understand what is important but is so easily distracted and possesed by the frustration that lurks around me. Inside the frame is a picture of myself on a transparency which overlaps a flood of colors that symbolize the rich content that makes me who I am. Connected to a print I made of a heart I have images of the people who are most important to me: my boyfriend, my best friends and my family. These are the people who have really enriched my life and helped to mold me in to the person that I am today. In essence, this project became for me a desperately needed self-reflection.