Addressing questions 1, 2, and 3:
I feel I learned a great deal more from the “Alphabet Soup” portion of this assignment. “Picturing the Other” was very simplistic for about two thirds of the assignment, and choosing my stranger was a mystery to me at first. “Who am I going to pick?” and “Where am I going to find them?” were the most important questions on my mind about it. I am sure there were many other random questions, but I don’t really care what they were anymore. Alphabet soup forced me out of my creative shell, to absorb my surroundings in finer detail, to make the most seemingly subtle objects into something much bigger on a larger (yet still subtle) scale.
Approaching my other was simultaneously easy and difficult. There was cooperation, but I felt as if I were forcing it…as if it were never something I would normally do. I guess your emotions can be simplistic, at least part of the time. I chose him because of his unique choice in clothing. I’m not exactly sure what kind of hat or turban that was supposed to be, but it also struck me as a sort of shower towel, like what the ladies wear when they get out of the shower. Also his scarf was pretty unique as well…well, sort of. It was mostly the towel turban that got me.
I adjusted the final picture of the other by utilizing the vibrance and photo filter panels. The effect intended was to mix normality and abnormality, perhaps to visually explain that there really is no such thing as normality, that each and every one of us have our own little abnormalities that make the word “normality” seem like some word that an insecure child uses to make himself feel better. This picture helps to explain that it is not normality that man or woman should seek, but only personal security. Love who you are, because the potential that lies in all of us will be wasted with hatred.
Picturing the Other:
Me:
My Bro, Seaton:
Someone Else:
Alphabet Soup:
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