So here's what i'm thinkin....

So after many many hours of thought of where to go from being stuck and angry, I finally thought of a new thesis that I would like and am excited to do. While I was reflecting on my past thesis review when Ryan said that I was in a way altering reality, I thought about intentionally altering reality. What I am going to do now for my thesis is take pictures of everyday things, situations, etc, and alter the reality of the photo. I wanted to play with the idea that traditionally, when viewing a photograph, the viewer is likely to assume what they are seeing is the truth and believe that to be a depiction of reality. I really want to play with that idea that this reality you are seeing can actually be an altered, untrue reality. I was brainstorming with what could be representative of a string of a false reality webbed together in a world that is depicting real life, but is in fact definitely not real life. When brainstorming with a friend of mine, who is a professional photographer, he was thinking with me and said "You knit don't you?". (As a side note, because I crochet, I felt it was important to make a correction to him that no, I do not knit, I crochet; I think this is a disease that knitters and crocheters alike possess, in that we are so proud of our needle/hook work that we feel we are against the other side of the spectrum, so knitters will always tell you they do NOT crochet they KNIT and likewise, crocheters will always tell you they do NOT knit they CROCHET.) Anyway, back to my thesis, my photographer friend that I was brainstorming with brought to my attention that crochet would be an excellent representation of a string of falsities knotted into a web of a false reality. What I am going to do is to be crocheting objects to bring into a real life situation so the viewer can see the picture and immediately know that this cannot be what really happened, or what really was there. When I told Janie about this she suggested do the crochet but also try out other avenues too, I think that is a great idea! I am actually really excited to be doing this as my thesis and I have already begun working on it and am just having a lot of fun with it!