Scar Trek (click on image to enlarge)

Constellations

I found a website called "Your Sky" which gives you a map of the night sky from whatever latitude and longitude you enter in, as well as views facing the horizon from different directions. My idea is to take pictures of the night sky from different locations, facing north, south, east and west, and draw maps of constellations onto them. I would also include information and pictures of the place I'm at, what I'm seeing, etc. I think it will be interesting to compare what my eye can see, what the camera can see, and what is actually there according to these maps.

My only concern is that I don't know if I'll even be able to get the stars to show up at all in the pictures. If I can't, I can still map where the stars and constellations should be. This idea might still need some tweaking, but I really want to do something involving constellations.

Mapping Scars

“I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.”

-Angelina Jolie

While lacking a little rhetorical finesse, Angelina Jolie still has a point. A scar is a semi-permanent reminder of a trauma that occurred in the past that was just violent (or stupid) enough to leave a lingering reminder. I have quite a few scars. That's why I'm so sexy.

Every scar has a story, and can incite feelings of remorse or embarrassment. All of mine fall under the latter category. From Saran Wrap blades to falling candelabras, the sources of my scars provide a smattering of information about my life, revealing the causes of my healed-over wounds--my lessons learned. That is why the incident that led to each scar will be dramatically reenacted in a small picture connected to the placement of the scar on my body. The date and location of the incident will be revealed, along with a short anecdote of the happening.

The map will consist of a full-body photograph with the details and reenactments of each scar connected to its position on my body. I hope to show how all of my scars are parts of a greater whole and have merged to create the fabric of a clumsy (but sexy) individual.

"It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars."

-Garrison Keillor.

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