This week has been kind of a whirlwind. After coming out of the "false identity" work atmosphere that we had to do (for those that don't know, we were assigned to go to a thrift store, get something that did not represent ourselves and then make artwork as the person that object represented) I have been trying to focus on what I want to for my final thesis by researching the topics that I am interested in. Specifically education and the mind. I began by researching the various types of learning styles and ways in which teachers accommodate every students way of learning. I started thinking about memory and why we have trouble remembering some things where as others come so easily to us. At this point I started narrowing down my research to memory and how short-term and long-term memory work. I was reading all about these various techniques about how learning groups of numbers in sets of 3 makes it easier to remember when my mind started drifting to my most memorable experiences in life and how through time, the small details get erased until I am left with just a vague picture. I started to get really excited about this concept and how we try so hard to keep our memories safe in permanent containers such as lockets or picture frames but no matter what we do, the memories continue to fade ever so slightly throughout the years. So I came up with this idea to write down my top 20 most memorable times and make a series of lockets that correspond (since small metals is my chosen medium that I feel most comfortable working with at this point in time). I want to try and exaggerate this idea of a fading memory inside a vessel that is so solid. My idea at this time is to create lockets out of metal (each with hints about what my memory is about) and then inside have the written memory on a fading piece of paper that may be stained, torn, smeared.... destruction to the written memory that relates to how our memories become changed throughout the years. And now I am late for class so I will continue writing more soon.