Just another act to fool the fools again.

For this project I wanted to visually express the rut that I’m currently experiencing in my relationship. I know this is quite personal but it’s something that I’ve been dealing with. Most of my art focuses on my life and what I’m going through.

I wish I had more than one day to work on this…

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I like whats happening in the photo I just don’t think it was executed successfully. The composition is cramped and not well organized, which could work but it’s not.  Honestly I feel like this whole project was a bit unsuccessful.

I was bored to tears. I didn’t laugh once and I found Poppy to be just plain annoying! The whole movie was just a waste of time. This movie was so awfully boring that I started to fall asleep and I never do that during movies. It was so slow. I was praying for the movie to come to an end and after 2 hours, which felt like 5, it finally did.

Poppy just wouldn’t stop talking! She always had something to say in her annoying little voice. I’m not sure why but the whole movie just pissed me off. I could totally relate to Scott. I was wishing he would just slap the British out of her. When she revealed that she was 30 I couldn’t believe it! I know 10 year olds who are more mature then her. And those stupid boots and stockings! She wore them non-stop! Those things had to smell so bad.

There were a few parts that were alright. Like in the begining when someone steals her bike and all she has to say is that she didn’t even get to say goodbye. I though that was sweet, but it just went down hill from there. Another part that I liked was when she was getting her back fixed. Even though she was in pain she smiled the whole time.

All-in-all this movie was awful. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I hope Sally Hawkins never acts again. She’s not nice to look at especially for 2 hours.

I just watched Mynyurangabo and from begining to end I thought it was beautiful. The images were so strong. The only thing that kind of bothered me was the fact that I had to concentrate on the subtitles and I couldn’t really appreciate some of the intense images. For instant Ngabo was on his way to kill the man who killed his father and he stopped to for food and ended up listening to a poet. The screen was filled with the poets face as he was reciting his poem and he had such intense eye contact with me, but I had to keep looking away to read the subtitles. After awhile I stopped reading and just kept eye contact with the man and listened to the words and the beautiful sounds. I had chills all over after that sceen.

The above image is one of my favorite from the movie. You can just feel the instensity. There as another frame that looks exactly the same except Mynyurangabo no longer has the mascete. When he gets to the house of the man who killed his father he finds that the man has AIDS. The man asks Mynyurangabo to get him so water and instead of killing him Myrnyurangabo gets him water. Throughout the movie all Ngabo wants to do is get to this man so he can kill him. His friend Sangwa goes along with Ngabo to complete this journey.

On the way to this man the two stop to visit Sangwas family. Sangwa hasn’t seen them for three years and his father isn’t too happy to see him. They only plan to stay there for a day but they end up staying there for most of the movie. You can tell the Ngabo just wants to leave. He doesn’t help with anything and Sangwas father blames Ngabo for everything because he is Tutis. No one wants Ngabo there but all Sangwa wants is to help his family and make his father proud. Sangwa ends up not going with Ngabo to kill the man.

I’m not sure what else to say about his movie except go see it! The images are amazing and the story is pretty good too.

On the outside I appear to be a mature 21-year old but the truth is that ever since I turned 16 I wished I could be 6 again. For this project I wanted to show who I really want to be and that is a 6-year old. I want to go back to the time when reading was fun and everything you made in art class was amazing. I would give anything to be 6 again. Life was simple and the only thing you ever had to worry about was what you were going to do at recess. When your 6 the only thing that matters is Barbie and all the other colorful toys at Wal-mart. At 6 everything is exciting, new,vibrant, and huge. At 21 everything is serious, difficult, old, and frustrating.

I photographed things that appeal to a 6-year old from the view of a 6-year old. Not only do these photographs appeal to 6-year olds but they are what I want. They represent a simpler time in my life that I yearn for everyday.

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This image wasn’t as successful as the others because it’s too cramped. All the other photos had a sense of wanting and some distance in them which is what this one is lacking.