ill stat talkingabout my research,i spent hours and dys ,looking on line tediousely,and well reluctantly at pictures of death,abuse and torture,everyday i became more aware of this huge problem,thats why it got even more complex! when you are a attached emotionally to a subject its extermely hard to be objective,and not to forget that there is a brief,although this is nt a new topic for me,i had not touched on it for quite some time.i then started goint to the library,taking trips to london ,looking through arabic bookstores there talking to old friends who are palestinian,i felt like my head was going to explode!
its amazing how ,with all that is out there on this topic from books by westerners even,to dvds to bbc documentaries,its as silent as the night.
i then had the amazing oppertunity,after many phone calls and emails and annoying delays,to interview an insiring artist who is greatly familar with the subject.
but the problems didnt just vanish,no! i had all this tuff! so much stuff! in my head,in my bag,but what was i supposed to do with it!there was too much going on,and then ontop of that,this interviewee,decided to review the interview first,even though he didnt answer half my questions,he took forever to get the intervie back to me,well to be percise i only just recieved it this monday!
i feel like a madwoman,running around and theres just never enough time,i want to do more i want to learn more,i want to print t shirts out on this topic,i have created a charecter and i want her to shine in a way.
i have faced so many problems on this project,both personal and general,technical issues were there obviousely,trying to learn a new programme single handedly,well im not that great on computers to begin with,but atleast i learnt something new,i tried and failed at the toonboom thing miserably but i tried.
another issue i was finding diffcult was how to actually present the palestinian issue in little words and something unforgetable? i came up with so many ideas,all which got trashed ,and i ended u with one:postcards,yes postcards!
they are everywhere,everyone picks them and sticks them on theyre wall,they are inspiring and remind you of so much.
my main idea was to do 6,but then i cut that down to 4 fronts an two backs,my charecter guides you through paelstine in a way,her name is amal,which means hopes in english,she is seen first of all hanging on for dear life,to an olive tree,each card has information on it,and i would be pleased to provide more. then she is seen with an olive branch which she managed to salvage from the carnage,looking over a poor babies corpse,moving on shes guiding the children of palestine to peace and finally ending up crashing the gates of jeruselum with all its children,the rightfull owners of the holy land,and well,having hope!
i am going to carry on with this project,i have already created another caherecter who is her half brother,he is an algerian boy of 14 who died,but follows hope around! so watch this space.
i hope i find out what time im handing this stuff in! otherwise ll this would have gone down the drain academicaly speaking.
tis has been a gret project,i was fully emersed in it,and well i didnt want it to end,i have confidence in my research and i am proud of what ive learnt through this eotional experience i even got books sent from egypt!
till next time!
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