...So, when all of this MYP project stuff started back in May of last year, I was like, omg I have all this time to think of something really cool to do for my project, and i really, actually wanted to do something cool. I wanted it to have a lasting effect that I would think about even when the project was over. And I had a lot of vague idea, like doing a sculpture or mural or something with my friends, but i wasn't too sure. But I didn't really care at that point cause I thought okay, whatever, i have ten months to think about it anyway.
And I did discuss a couple of times with my dad, and he gave me this really intricate idea of something i could do, and it sounded really interesting and everything, but it just seemed like too much to do, and while i thought it was interesting, i just wasn't passionate about it. And, at first, I wasn't going to say anything because i didn't want to hurt his feelings or anything, but then i realized that my project wouldn't turn out as good as I wanted it to, if i wasn't 100% behind the idea.
So, fast forward over the summer and onto the first week of school and into my art class 3rd period. I was working on a project with my friend Angela, and we were talking, and she told me that the proposal for the project was due on September 23rd. And I was like, Oh crap. Because this was like the 9th of September and I had no clue about what I wanted to do. So I started thinking about it.
I had always known that i wanted my project to be artsy, because that's what I'm best at, but i could just say, 'Oh, i want to do a painting, or a sculpture, or a collage, or whatever' because of course, then i'd have to say to myself 'well, about WHAT?' and that question was really hard to answer. Because I wanted it to be personal, but not so personal that nobody else would understand it. And I wanted it to be meaningful, but not so meaningful that it would be corny. Catch my drift?
So I spent a couple days talking to my friends, my parents, and my internet friends (: and I came up with a rough outline of what my product is going to be: I'm going to paint a big, long painting of the following: on the far left side, I'm going to paint a picture of Buenos Aires (the capital of Argentina) which is where my family is from, where I was born and where I lived until I was 5 years old. In the middle I'm going to paint a picture of the place where I live now and have been living in for the past 10 years, and on the far right side I'm going to paint a picture of probably New York, because that's where I want to live where I grow up. The three images are going to be kind of faded together on one long horizontal canvas. It kind of represents the past, present, and future, and the changes in my life.
There's still a lot of things that I have to think about, research, plan, and all together smooth out, but I think this is a good start. Wow, this entry is getting to be very long, but I guess all of them are going to be like this, especially since I'll probably keep most of my records on here anyway.
Okay, I'll post again next time there's anything to report. Or maybe just when I feel like it ;)
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