The title of my body of work is called I'm Not A Believer, which is a narrative series of a personal set of works in the forms of different series I've done outside of classes. As a creative person (calling myself an artist is difficult sometimes since we have our own opinions on such), I think things a lot more differently by looking through the fine lines and details in life. This also means looking into the thoughts in my head, the swarming thoughts that I think about for my future. Ironically, this sets into place within the theme of my personal project itself: the fear of the future and how one moves on forward to it.
I dread the fear of the future quite a lot, it has stemmed from my childhood. The thought of the unknown can make one like me anxious. One of the very few traits about me is, not only do I draw, but I write narratives behind the drawings. So intentionally, at first, I thought it would be a simple photography series done by my desk with found objects nearby, but then I looked into text photography. This is when I wanted to incorporate my art with text involved, having my sketches interact with my text, my words, as a form of my own version of text photography.
I approached doing a lot of moving around my set up, shifting items around to position them within natural lighting from the sun by my window. It was most certainly difficult, especially most days often weren't completely sunny, but to be completely honest, I think the lack of sunlight added some emphasis to each work, because I intended that when one has negative thoughts and concerns, their mind gets clouded and lack color. The post-it notes having the most prominent color really sets the tone up well.
