For one month I created a daily composition. Materials were limited to cardboard, red paper, black and white printouts of images I considered interesting, and scraps from a book I borrowed from my collage class.
The simple piece would reflect an event that took place, whether it was in my head or the world around me. For better or worse, this month I was going through relationship problems and general havoc. It truly reflects in the work I created.
Later I would learn the shredded rag of a book I was robbing text from was Rudi Vrba's "I Cannot Forgive". An incredible story about a psychiatrist who escaped Auschwitz all the while helping his fellow inmates around him keep hope about their dire situation. He successfully escaped Germany and warned other countries of the Nazi death camps which save hundreds of thousands of lives. I picked up a copy of the book after completing this project and it was a truly captivating read.
My brain sort of took a backseat as my heart created these compositions. At the end of the day my negative emotions I was living through helped this project become what it was, and showed me that art really can help you through a tough time.
