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"8/10 + 9/10 WIP" - Ivee VanderEnde - December 1st, 2023

Today, I am spending my time finishing up the final project. I am unsure if I will be able to have it fully completed, but I sure am trying..

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"7/10" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 30th, 2023

This is one of my favorites from the series. I am still recovering but it is nice to be in the swing of things again.

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Sick - Ivee VanderEnde

November 29th, 2023

The world changes when illness sets in Suddenly priorities shift I cannot be bothered with all that pained me yesterday Today I focus on me.

All I can feel is aching and agony My own body cannot lift I feel pitiful and hate the state of immobility Black goes my vision, I cannot see

My goals of this class are cut short Illness has now created a rift Between me and all I would like to accomplish For now, I just need to be left be.

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"6/10" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 28th, 2023

Another progress picture. This was hard to finish, mostly due to me coming down with food poisoning.

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Francesca Woodman - Journal entry November 27th, 2023

I wanted to include this image from Woodman as it is similar to what I was attempting to accomplish with my own photography. Unfortunately, I do not know my way around a camera (plus, I only have a smartphone) so I could not get anywhere near this, but I think the comparison is an interesting point of reference.

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"5/10" - November 26th, 2023

More progress on my project! Halfway there!

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"4/10" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 25th, 2023

The last of this week's additions to my series. Here, the figure has suddenly changed appearance and is beginning to find themself in a brighter, lighter scene. Do you ever take the form of somebody completely different in your dreams? That happens to me a lot.

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"3/10" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 24th, 2023

Another addition to my dream series! Here in the sequence, the main figure is floating, mostly unaware of where their dream may take them next.

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"2/10" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 23rd, 2023

This is the next part of my dream series. I will be working on one piece per day until the deadline and want to share my progress here in my journal for days without journal requirements!

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"I acknowledge and underline that it is painful and difficult to be finite. But I think that pain and difficulty are also intrinsic to anything that can matter, to anything that can be important." - Martin Hägglund

November 22nd, 2023

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"Aware - 1/10" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 21st, 2023

Finished result of the sketch I worked on last week. This is the first entry into my final project and the start of a sequential series I look forward to making. I feel like the black-and-white version is more pleasing to the eye, but the colored version is what I wanted to represent. The mundane turning into something new.

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From collection "Dream Collector" - Authur Tress - November 20th, 2023

His work stood out to me from the lecture, so I went to his website and browsed his full Dream Collector series. I loved seeing the many ways he used objects from real life to create a dream world, especially challenging as the dream world is very difficult to be replicated do to it not following how the real world works at all.

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Wishful Dreaming

Ivee VanderEnde - November 19th, 2023

Dreams take a few common forms But one I feel guilty of If I cannot get something I want I will simply dream it up

Many romances flourished in my mind Ones not possible now Rekindled friendships that were gone Never needing to ask how

I can repair my mistakes so easily Consequences are low Reality can get all fixed up I could befriend any foe

A guilt washes over me when I awake If only I could do this in waking But alas, I am fearful of any change So I continue, only in dream making.

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"Attempt 2" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 18th 2023

I wanted to attempt light painting, but this worked out worse than my previous attempt at long exposure. I think my light was too bright, and camera capability was too low. You can also see my dog in the lower left corner sneaking in. Overall, this photo shoot was somewhat of a disaster but still worth noting on my learning journey.

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"Attempt" - Ivee VanderEnde - November 17th, 2023

I wanted to attempt the ghostly photography we studied in class with a slow shutter speed. Unfortunately, I only have an iPhone as a camera and the only way to attempt a slow shutter speed is by using the night mode, which creates a blurrier image with poorer quality. I took many pictures but only feel confident posting these two, even those I am not the proudest of.

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“Aware” - November 16th, 2023

Sketch I made as a basis for a full piece on dreaming and how it feels

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"I'm gonna be what you need Darling, please worship me Unless you prefer to plead" - Violent Vira "God Complex"

November 15th, 2023

When talking about spirituality, it is hard to ignore that I have religious trauma surrounding my old beliefs in the church's Christian god. These lyrics here really push how I was made to feel in the church, but I am glad that I am in a much better situation today and can be connected to God spiritually without believing in the hatred preached elsewhere.