Internal: you are what you eat

 

 

a different idea…

I started to take pictures of internal objects on the line.  I wanted to put together a photo album showing an interior picture and a space where people can write what they think it is.  Then they can flip up the page and see what it really is.

…But after going along the line, I realized the only thing that was consantly on the line always was myself.  So I decided to look at the line as representing my college life or experience.  it is a place where I can now make my own decisions whether they help me or hurt me.  One thing that I do is eat a lot of junk food.  I am consantly  eating unhealthy foods.  Its extra bad for me because I have kidney stones so I shouldn’t eat a lot of salt.  I also have a disease called hyposytraturia which makes me get kidney stones easier than normal.  So I want to take pictures of me laying on the line eating all kinds of junk food.  I want to present these photos on a wall. I also want to have a table with the board game: operation, filled with candy nerds.  I want to put it on a pile of rocks or dirt from the line.  It will represent me on the line with my unhealthy food habit.

Proposal: 2 ideas

My first idea was that I wanted to create a game for my word; internal.  I wanted to find about 15 items and look at the interior.  I would either photograph, draw or paint the inside and present it.  People would then have to guess what the object is, just by seeing the inside.  I want people to think and wonder about it.  Maybe I will provide a space where they can write down what they think it is.

My other idea was to make some sort of journal of my internal feelings on the line.  I would go to different spots and do different things and write down my internal feeling about it.  One spot could cause nastalgia or another could be anxiety.  I would also maybe write the phsical feelings I get.  The water in the creek could cause coldness.

“internal” explorations

For my word, I explored a lot of things internally that most people wouldn’t think of.  I looked on the inside of things that we see/use everyday but don’t think about.

I went inside a building that is on the line.

Inside this one building, I found many internal explorations.  I found these weird pipes and took a picture inside of them.  Their interior was dirty but interesting.

I looked a vent that we see all the time and I decided to explore and try to see the inside.

It looked like there was some sort of necklace in there.

Next I went to a vending machine and tried to see how I can stretch my concept of internals.  I looked inside a vending machine, then looked inside a bag of gummy worms, inside the gummy worm and then the gummy worm inside my mouth. It is a strange concept but is crazy how much “internal” can show up in a simple action like getting a bag of candy.

I found a hole in the ceiling and took a picture of the inside.

I next took a pencil and cut it in half to see the interior of it.  I wanted to get a clear picture that shows the detailed interior.

I found a wooden wall and cut a small chunk out to see the interior.

I stood outside while Jimmy opened the garage door to create a scene of the external going into the internal.

 

Internal

1. Adjective, means; within.  Synonyms; centralized, enclosed, home, inner, inside, interior, inward. Antonyms; external, outward
2. I feel that internal could have a lot to do with thoughts and thinking.  Inside the head.  This is not mentioned in the dictionary.
3. If it is used as a verb, noun ect. It still has the same meaning but sounds a little different.  It has a pretty general meaning though.
4. When typed in on google, internal revenue services and internal medicines websites come up. When I type it in on images, all kinds of pictures of organs and insides come up.http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=internal&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=621&sei=%2099m2TsWRLqjN0AHD0JjSBw
5. I am going to find objects on the line and I’m going to open them up and look inside.  It could be anything.  I am also going to try and find hidden or secluded areas on or near the line that seem internal.
6. Internal is general but it makes me think of undiscovered parts and areas.  Things that are inside something that not many people have taken the time to look in. I also think of the inside of my body.
7. I feel that my word can cover a lot of parts but it ends at becoming external.  Once it is on the outside, it stops.

Viewing the line

I am really interested in the creek around here.  For my territory project, I chose the creek and so today I explored the creek section of the line.  I wanted to view it in a different way so I put my face under the water to open my eyes and see what is under the water.  I figured that since it is underwater, people don’t notice it, but its still on the line.

 

I also chose a different way to look at the creek by climbing up a tree and looking down at it.

 

 

Me and my buddy Jim decided to pile up rocks and see how it changes and interacts with the creek.  They changed the design and movement of the water.  The rocks created a little waterfall that was not there before.

 

 

Me and my friend Jim also decided to collect everything in the creek that wasn’t natural or that didn’t belong.  We found cans, wrappers,  a plank of wood ect.

 

 

I also searched the creek and tried to find the coolest and most interesting artifact there.  I found a rock that was covered in shell fossils.

 

Finally me and Jim just sat and listened to the environment.  We heard loud water splashing and rippling and cars driving by in the distance.  Suprisingly those were the only two noises we heard.  It was very peacefull and relaxing.

 

 

 

Personal territory tour

I chose a creek under a bridge for my territory.  So the range is inside the creek.  The bounderies are the hills on both sides of the creek.

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50 things:

1. bright green walls of bridge
2. cool pipes with water dripping out
3.  big green pipe that goes very deep

     

4. wooden underbelly of bridge

5. dried black tar dripped all over rocks

6. vines sticking out of rock

7. branches scattered in different ways over stream

8. graffiti on walls

9.  dead cat in tree

10.  horrible smell and aroma by dead cat

11.  sound of waterfalls and waves

12. different types of leaves hanging over stream

13. apple in water

14.  rust on bridge

15.  beer cans

16.  small scattered twigs

17. paper plates

18.  empty bottles

19. metal object sticking out of ground

20. rotten wood

21.  gravel/sand

22. leaves and stems coming out of bridge

23.  brown wooden houses outside of territory

24.  jagged slanted up rocks in stream

25.  little waterfalls

26.  big hole in wall

27.  tree with berries in it over stream

28. baseball

29. big stump in stream

30.  bright yellow leaves

31. bright orange leaves

32. green leaves

33.  dead tree toppled over

34.  huge copper rusted wall

35.  ” savage ” written on rusted wall

36.  rusted wall stabbing/digging into trees

37. right side wall with striped design

38. yellow and blue ink all over rock

39.  rock with tons of little bumps on it

40.  Friendly’s ice cream box

41.  fallen tree limbs that have fallen into the stream

42. small patch of grass

43. small whitecaps in waterfalls

44.  clumps of leaves collected in between rocks

45. cinderblocks in the water

46. KFC wrapper

47. red plastic cup

48.  rocks piled up upon eachother

49. huge screws under bridge

50.  rock with holes in it

Exploration 10:  One thing

I looked at the top half of a chunk of cement for 15 minutes;

• basically flat except for a couple jagged sharp points
• shiny tar dripped on
• smeared tar
• light glistening of black tar
• dark pebbles stuck in it
• brownish green stain
• the right side is higher than the left
• left side has a little red on it, almost looks rusted

Bottom half;

• dark tar dripped to the bottom
• entire bottom half looks green
• faded yellow and blue graffiti
• tar mixed with yellow making a greenish black color

Exploration 14: Sound map

• loud waterfall
• water rapidly moving
• kid yelling, ” Not right now bro.”
• girl on cell phone
• truck brakes
• truck engine
• cars honking
• branches snapping
• random big splash
• cars going by

I made a packet for the explorer that directed him/her through my territory.

Exploration 49: words collected from other peoples conversations

1. funny
2. art
3. alex
4. through
5. matty
6. stupid
7. weird
8. girlfriend
9. trouble
10. 2
11. she
12. night
13. album
14. christmas
15. music
16. shit
17. magical
18. face
19. pokemon
20. laser
21. space
22. element
23. fire
24. world
25. format
26. next
27. realize
28. crazy
29. talk
30. spooky
31. honor
32. catch
33. Japanese
34. created
35. ball
36. everything
37. sun
38. function
39. stripper
40. jones
41. problem
42. dirt
43. light
44. flail
45. mind
46. first

Exploration 12: 50 things I see on my walk

1. The green trees
2. The red bushes
3. scattered different colored leaves on the cement
4. tan on wall by terra cotta
5. long brown pipe on building
6. orange leaves in the distance
7. dark blotches on roof
8. puddles on roof
9. light reflected on water
10. man’s head moving around in building window
11. white big pipes
12. long silver gutter
13. small crow flying by
14. bird poop on building
15. huge green evergreen tree
16. old wooden barn
17. lines/rows of lampposts in town
18. ripples in puddles from rain
19. glow of community bank symbol
20. black bar on wall of store
21. old woman with umbrella
22. dead, leafless tree
23. reflection on truck
24. this books reflection on window
25. black tar stains on roof
26. leaves in pile
27. drill hole in side of building
28. thin silver wire on telephone line
29. thick electric wire
30. wood designs on telephone pole
31. electric box
32. hole in pipe
33. chipped cement
34. water dripping off slanted roofs
35. stripes on house
36. dark clouds
37. clouds moving extremely fast
38. chimney
39. broken bricks
40. telephone line reflection in window
41. cracked cobble stone
42. boy in purple shirt with glasses
43. girl with ice cream
44. green shiny couch
45. flower designed rug
46. horizon line of trees
47. vent on building
48. fan in window
49. airconditioner
50. green trees blending into yellow

Exploration 1: 10 things in my room

1: The huge space of wood above my light

2: The thin skinny white line in the corner of my wall and closet door

3: The dust that collected on my silver lamp

4: A thin white wire that is on my wall behind my speaker

5: The tons of wrinkles on my bed sheets

6: The dirt on my side of the rug

7: The shapes and positions all my garbage is in, in my garbage pail

8: The gridded net design on my roommates chair

9: The blue towell hanging on the wall

10:  The brown and gray stains on my ceiling