This past weekend I volunteered at the SDMA for their annual Art Alive exhibition. It is an exhibition that has 100 live floral interpretations of the art they have in the museum. For a majority of my shift, I stood outside in the sun while people passed by saying how beautiful the arrangements were. I talked to some of the designers and they described to me the thought and composition process of their arrangements. I stood there, sweating and restless, imagining how the museum looked. With only 30 minutes left of my shift, one of the staff members asked if I wanted to tour the museum before it was gone until next year. Elated to get out of the sun and to finally see the exhibition for myself, I rushed inside before they started to clear out the visitors. Even from what all the people said to me, my imagination failed me in comparison to my reality. The arrangements were a lot more personal (if that makes sense) than what I had initially thought and it made me reflect on how the designers interpreted the art in the museum to create their pieces.
On my ride back home, I started to think about how what I say in this project forms in the head in the listeners. What do I want to highlight? How can I form this image in their mind? How can I form this feeling in their heart?
Listening to Werman today expanded on these thoughts I was having this weekend. I don’t want to overcomplicate something that is already complex as is. He mentioned expressing ideas without saying the word explicitly. He also mentioned saying exactly what you want to say without beating around the bush. I want to continue to wrestle with these questions I have and things Werman mentioned while creating my final project. Nonetheless, here are some images I took from this past weekend. Enjoy!
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