"Shape is an appropriate criterion for critiquing two-dimensional art that has length and width" (Fox & Schirracher, 2009, p. 140).
Some say that creativity comes when you are experiencing something that you have no words to describe; a divorce, a break-up, a death, a marriage...the list goes on and on.
In my case, my sculpture came when I was going through something I have no words to describe. The person to whom I share my most valuable memories, thoughts and feelings decided it was time to move on. Yes, it is hard and sometimes it happens but because of my uncertainty and confusion, I portrayed a sculpture that simply explains what I'm going through.
The Beginning of the End
Materials:
1) Ryerson Adgenda
2) 5 crayons
3) 2 facial creams
4) make-up foundation
and
5) 1 purple nailpolish
This sculpture shows how my relationship primarily was, unbalanced. The foundation symbolizes myself (standing strong, head on, in love etc) and the nail polish resembles the boy (uncertainty, confused, lost, etc). I decided to place the nail polish upside down because it was suppose to show the confusion and the abnormality that he had for our relationship. The crayons were the barrier that surrounded us; society, family, and friends. As to the reason behind the only yellow crayon, that I do not know. It was something that I realized toward the end and came up with numerous reasons why my subconscious mind placed the yellow crayon. Maybe it was the beginning of the end? Maybe I was the only one wasting away? Who really knows...not even myself.
This creative process as helped me in many ways recover from this terrible milestone. I never saw this coming and for once in my life, I've finally understand what was the problem. The problem was, that we both were not on the same page. I wanted a life with him and he wasn't sure. Because of the unbalanced effect in our relationship, something had to be done. And now, in order for the partnership to be balanced and successful, there needs to be two people who land on the same page.
When I was creating my sculpture, I immediately thought of what shapes will I use. Sometimes shapes are simple or complex, they are circular or angular, they can be quiet or active and they can be tall or short (Fox & Schirracher, 2009). I wanted to make my sculpture seem to have various shapes with a variety of meanings. The more shapes an object has, the more interesting the sculpture becomes.
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” -George Bernard Shaw
Reference
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children
(6th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Delmar
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