In reviewing project two as well as project one I identified a few repeating concepts or patterns within both works. The first is my connection to the physical environment. My recount of the drive to Indio California in the first project and my recount of the beach front aspect of the art fest are indicative of this.  It is a certain peace I seem to find when I can take in and appreciate my environment without our natural reliance on consumerism or social constructs (for the most part) clouding my disposition.  Something about the simplicity and lack of stimuli that bring about an inner peace rather than a transient happiness.  It is my concentration on seemingly simplistic events rather then blatantly monumental that is indicative are further evidence of this.

Another reoccurring concept that I noticed was drawing a sort of order or balance from chaos.  This is evident through the formatting as well as the writing within both projects.  As far as the formatting goes, my inclusion of multiple forms of media as well as a series of pages( this predominantly true of the second project) shows my tendency towards this particular chaos, but how a cohesive story still emerges from it.  I think of balance when I look at the two projects, often what I write and express through these documentations is the concept of balance, a coming together of asymmetric parts.

frequently occurring words or ideas: permanence, caution, balance-these are concepts which I noticed visited in both projects, I notice often my tendency to view caution/reluctance or an over reliance on rational to be a shortcoming.  It is perhaps for this reason that I tend to rely more on fragmented or chaotic logic.


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