I use balloons as a metaphor for ideas, thoughts, and memories.
I believe our memories are held outside instead of inside so that it is easier for them to come and go.
In this balloon metaphor theory, occasionally one or two balloons will escape.
The reasons (causes) of forgetfulness are very ambiguous and abstract. Nobody will understand the explanation by pure scientific tones of langage. People will just dismiss it.
Therefore, I bring into a vivid representation.
Let us blame on the Devil of Forgetfulness.
This devil is holding a pair of scissors. His job is to cut the balloon strings to make people forgetful.
What should the devil look like?
There is an cartoon character called Mr. Forgetful. Based on him, I created a few awkward sketches. Finally I concluded that a cute looking devil will be more popular. "Forgetfulness can be lovely." That is my thesis.
I will give this devil a personality. He is not that bad after all. He cuts the balloon strings without a bad intention, but this is just his job. he will also make people forget about sad things, so he deserves an innocent face.
The expected deliverable is an illustration book which tells lovely stories about forgetfulness.
Challenge:
1. I am not good at illustration.
2. I am not good at writing lovely stories.
2 comments:
I'll help you write lovely stories. :)
It would be kind of nice to maybe settle on a specific audience though. When I think of the devil of forgetfulness, I think of children's books but are written in a way that adults would also enjoy.
Hello Yu,
I have only really read this entry and skimmed through the rest, but I think your thesis is lovely. Forgetfullness is lovely. What really struck me was how you mentioned that we forget painful events and I think that path is such a strong emotional one that could be worth exploring, rather than practical banal things like forgetting to brush your teeth. You could maybe talk about how forgetting these practical things stem from something really big that we are trying to forget in the first place...like how our cat died and we were too focused on trying to forget the cat, that we forgot about other things. I guess maybe you are trying to get at how we are so focused on one thing, we forget another. Or maybe not.
Annnywaaays.
These are just thoughts.
-Ellen Lee
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