Final Project

As I thought about what I wanted to do for my final project I knew that I wanted to do something about my experience here at SMCM, and how I have changed throughout the four years here. People where many "hats" in life, which shows the different sides of them, or their personality. I literally can think back year to year, and think of a hat or scarf or other head garment I wore each year, which represented me at that point in time. Each year I also had a specific part of campus that represented that year for me. I either spent a lot of time at that place, a special event happened at that place, or I " found" myself, or an important answer to a question I was asking at that place. For my junior year, when I was studying abroad, I also had a place on this campus that I longed to be, and actually looked at a lot in pictures or on the St. Mary's webcam.

I plan on taking a series of five pictures with these different head garments and the place that represented each year for me. I am not going to be present in the first four pictures. The first one will be of my green head scarf and Queen Anne ( freshman year where I lived), my SMCM hat and Kent ( sophmore year, when I decided on my major and associated more with being an SMCM student ), my red headband near the anchor by the waterfront ( where I looked at when I was homesick, and also, the anchor represents a lot to me), and then I am going to take two for this year. For last semester I am going to take a picture of my Obama hat near WC because the election was a big part of last semester for me, and the place I live, and the final picture will be around sunset down at Church Point with me, reflected in a circular mirror,wearing my gradution cap. The sunset represents the sun setting on my time here, the circle mirror, repsresenting how I feel like a lot of things have come full circle in my life, and experiences I have been through have gone full circle. The fact that I am going to be present in this picture, through my reflection, will show that through college I have found myself, and I will show the world ( in which is also reflected) that self.

I am planning on mounting these on a large board with a quote that really touched me by Rainer Maira Rilke about asking questions and living life.