Narrative Proposals

1.          Well, everyone’s heard of “Asian glow.”  I’m half Asian.  And I am no exception to this phenomenon.  I would photograph the gradual progression of the phenotypic effects that alcohol has on my Asian body.  I care enough about documenting this because I find it very embarrassing that I cannot control how flushed my face gets when I consume alcohol.  And the insensitive people that point it out only make the situation worse.  I just think it would be interesting to see myself as they do, and really evaluate the situation for myself.  Or, should the narrative that other people relay to me bear any weight on my self perception?

2.          I think it would be an interesting thing for me to try to think like one of my roommates.  This one is particularly obnoxious, but I’m not entirely sure if she sees it that way.  So I would write a story about her day, from the point of view that I would think she has.  The only problem I see with this idea is that I don’t want it to come across as mean-spirited or rude.  I genuinely feel that she lacks all self-awareness, and all I would want to do is try to think like her.

3.          Drawing from Prompt A, depicting a narrative in the style of another artist, I would actually carry over from my “Favorite Artist” blog and depict a story in the style of Claude Monet.  I would consider presenting a very clear-cut, objective story, but illustrate it in Monet’s Impressionist style.  These two styles of representation are inherently opposite, and I wonder what the conceptual significance of the results would imply.