Emily

Well I spent a lot of time in my shed this past week working on my subjective drawing. I started by working in coffee, which smelled nice but really didn't look all that different from watercolor. The beginning layer of coffee really reminded me of a sinopia underdrawing of a fresco, which I liked, but I knew I wanted to keep working on top of it. I was pretty happy with the end result although I definitely think I could have pushed it further. So...I put it into the pot for our play time in the studio, and Liz went wild with it. I'm really glad she didn't hesitate to cover it up. I really like that now you can only see traces of my drawing through the pink paint.

During the critique of that drawing Liz mentioned how the kitchen items that were added in might have something to do with my spending a lot of time cleaning dishes; Julia joked that it was a protest piece, but I actually think that would be a fun theme for my upcoming movie. Some kind of kitchen narrative maybe without an actor, but with the presence of dishes suggesting use by characters. We'll see where that goes. I'm not sure yet what aspect of the movie(s) I would like to incorporate--maybe the popping up of objects when Toto had his magic dove and was able to make things appear. I could have dishes popping into the kitchen sink.

I've spent a lot of time this weekend exploring my area for the mapping project. It takes a pretty long time to walk down all of those streets, but it's really rewarding to find places you've never been or might never go otherwise. I initially thought that I wanted to have a plan of action before I set out in order to look for specific things, but I decided that all I really wanted to do was explore. I've been walking around taking pictures and writing notes about anything that strikes my fancy.

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