On Longing Assignment
#1 “The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale” This picture was the first thing I thought of when I heard this sentence. It’s from a couple of years ago. It was taken in Fun Spot Orlando. I hold this day dear to my heart because I got to spend it with my aunt and cousin who were visiting from Puerto Rico, who we don't get to see often. There’s a another picture of my sister and I in the exact same place when we were really little and I think it depicts the perspective of scale even better but I was unfortunately not able to find it. #2 “The souvenir speaks to a context of origin through a language of longing, for it is not an object arising out of need or use value” This picture was taken the day my little sister was born, the day I got to meet the sister I had been longing for, for so long. It was not only the beginning of her life but also the origin of our relationship. #3 “The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the three dimensional into the miniature, t