Mentor Meeting 3/11/11

      So I have been in somewhat of a rut for the last few days. I was happy with my project, where it was headed and my progress but I wasn't satisfied. I don't know if that makes sense or not, I hope it does. So when I met with Mrs. G I voiced these concerns and she had a lot of ideas that she thought would help to keep me satisfied throughout my project.
    This meeting came at a really good time because I have a problem continuously planning so having the meeting helped me to get back on track. I am now planning for my show opening as well as continuing to plan out the collage. I think the collage will be my main focus this week.

         One of her ideas was to get my photos up in a public area so that many people could see them. Because my project doesn't rely on me learning a lot of photography skills, I took Photo classes last year, she thought that publishing was the next step. I totally agree with this one. Mrs. G suggested putting up my favorite works in a coffee shop or something to that nature, or putting on my own photo show. I then mentioned that Judy puts a photo show on every year and that I could ask Judy if she would be willing to let me put some of my photos into it as well. Then as I was talking to my mom about this she suggested that we hold a photo show opening at my house. We would set up my photos all around the dining room and living room and invite friends and classmates to come over, have food and see my photos. I really liked this idea so I'm going to start planning it for mid to late April. That way "The Wiz" is over and I will have more time.

 
     I guess I should explain my main purpose behind this project as I have neglected to do so until now. I want to show non-horsey people why us horsey people are so absolutely and utterly obsessed. Any horse person out there can tell you there is a bond between horse and rider but are unable to put that bond into words and still have it make sense to a non-horsey person. My goal at the end of this project is to communicate that bond. Maybe the reason why we can't explain our bond with horses because there are no words that would do it justice. The closest I have ever seen anyone come to describing it perfectly is Susan Richards, author of "Saddled." So I aim to convey this bond through pictures because as they say: "A picture is worth a thousand words."