soooo first i apologize for not getting the photos from last week on until today, but hey! they're there! and i found my computer cord, which is super great. i was having some problems with my camera this weekend, so i gave it a rest and charged the batteries today, in hopes that tomorrow it will be feeling better and all the world's problems will be solved.
the theme i have chosen is a form. you might call it a U-shape, or if you turn it upside down, it could be a hump or an arch. i've found that hills have reappeared again and again in my recollections of comfort and home-like situations. as jana has encouraged, i've begun to attempt (a bit blindly, no?) to explore the significance of this hill-inspired sensation through consideration of its physical form. since i've been in florence, i've found that two particular situations tend to make me feel happiest - 1) standing in a location that is high above the city and the land, so that i can see both and how they interact with each other (i.e. hiking in sentignano or sitting on the wall of la chiesa san francesco in fiesole), and 2) standing in the middle of the street in the evening when it is dark and the street lights are on, surrounded by people, buildings hovering (creating a sort of shelter?) over me. this is where i find the arch, the hump in the ground, the sensation of being hugged and surrounded by something much bigger than i am. i love the feeling of the ground, as well. it feels so...here.
i am thoroughly enjoying the touchy-feely, emotional, get-in-touch-with-your-inner-child-ness that this class is encouraging me to explore :-)
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