Wednesday, February 8, 2012

(De)Construction

Well, seeing as i am a college student, i did not bring many things to school that i am willing to break, and i  live far so i cannot just drive home to get something. so i pondered the idea for a while and came up with a highlighter.  this highlighter is not just any highlighter though; it is the highlighter that got me through my first semester as a college nursing student.  it was especially useful for my anatomy, chemistry, and psychology classes (pre-recs for nursing) and the highlighter was used throuhgout all three books from cover to cover.  needless to say, these are pretty tough classes and with the help of my highlighter, i passed all three with "flying colors".  this highlighter signifies my start.

After i destroyed the highlighter, i had a million(exaggeration) little pieces of broken plastic and a highlighter stick.  this was mind boggling.  i had absolutely no idea what to do with the pieces.  after some thinking, i came up with an idea. i took the highlighter stick to a piece of paper to see if the color would still come out, and thankfully it did.  so, i took the highlighter stick and covered the bottom of my shoe with it, while outside.  then, i made a footprint on the sidewalk right by ball memorial.  this signifies my journey.  i am becoming a nurse because my goal in life is to help people; its what i've wanted to do since i was 10.  well that footprint shows that step by step i am one step closer to achieving my goal, and that really means a lot to me.

3 comments:

  1. I really like your take on a typical highlighter. The way you re-created your object was really neat! I think it is a great thing that you want to help people and life and that you are taking this journey step-by-step.

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  2. I really like the idea of reconstructing the highlighter. Stick with your dreams, nursing is hard!

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  3. I like how you used something that helped you and made something to remember it with in the end. I like the symbolisim of the highlighted footprint, thought it was very creative!

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