Drawing as memory

5.)  The Sands of Time 

For this specific drawing, I thought of the material sand because of the actual sense of time (due to an hour glass) and how it effects our memory. SInce this material is so easily changed and moved, I chose to perform this piece in the breeze way where I could purposely get change from the wind. Memory can be perceived differently. For me, it is both physical and a part of you. It is physical by the fact that I created figure after figure out of the sand adding more and more while changing it over time. By doing so, the viewer remembers what the figures were since I chose numbers as an easy subject, but since they are erased, you can never remember exactly how the figure looked or the exact position it was in until you go back and watch it again, but even then you still lose memory of that figure and its specific position. That's why in the end I went back to creating a one to remind the viewers what I stared out with, but showing them as well, that I couldn't even get the same exact figure back because I couldn't remember myself. Memory is like chance, especially with the wind blowing the sand while I made new numbers. That made it even more difficult to remember the objects clearly. I had also chosen to use numbers instead of objects because of the sense of time. Like someone who has Alzheimer's, the older you get, the more you forget. So I had decided to count up to ten, and then back to one again to not only show how my memory was not the same but also show how someone with that disease get's to the point where they can only remember the past.