Essential Questions:
How do artists develop content and ideas for their work?
They brainstorm and write down their ideas before they start their projects.
What kinds of techniques, behaviors, and habits allow artists to turn their ideas into meaningful works of art that engage the viewer?
They write down everything that comes to mind and fully push themselves into the idea that
they have chosen.
Statement of purpose:
What questions can you formulate about your theme (at least 4)?
Who am I?
I am many things
What makes me what I am?
what makes me who I am is what I do in life.
Why makes me so different?
Everyone is different in their own unique way.
Where am I from?
I am from Boston. But that is not where I feel that I am from. I am from France.
How does your theme connect to your life?
The theme connects to my life because I was adopted and to me my identity is not complete.
How does your theme connect to the world around you?
It connects to the fact that everyone has their own identity and life.
What kinds of images come to mind when you think about your theme?
Images that come to mind are sports, the activities I do, what my birth-mother looks like, showing how my
Identity has changed over the years.
What kinds of art or visual information (advertising, tv, film) have you seen that relates to your theme?
There isn't really anything that I can think of right now that could relate to my theme.
Why did you choose this theme and how can you envision exploring it through works of art over the course of the term?
Without knowing who my birth-parents are in order to know who I am. There are many things that can
make up ones identity. It is endless, because everyday you learn something new.
