The first is pretty straightforward - a man goes through the day and grows tired. This is time in the normal, linear sense.
The second drawing deals with reflection on the past, which exists in nostalgic little fragments. Polaroids, with their color and texture, are very evocative of the past as something distant yet incredibly moving, so I drew Polaroids taped to a wall, depicting places and events from someone's childhood. The seashell is a memento from some long-ago trip to the beach (I had a seashell mobile in my five minute film last year - maybe seashells are some sort of recurring theme for me).
And finally, I wanted to capture those dreamy moments in life where time sort of stands still, or just becomes a bit irrelevant all together. I don't think my drawing made it clear enough, but this is a man on a late night train ride staring out the window at the city. Cities at night fascinate me. We recently had a screening of Taxi Driver, and cinematographer Michael Chapman was talking about how they let the city "light itself," which creates imagery I find incredibly beautiful. They say the city never sleeps, but at least at night it calms down, and everything becomes very contemplative and a bit surreal. Moments like the one I drew elevate life from a straightforward timeline into something more complex and fascinating.
After seeing everyone else's project, I wish I had made mine a little more performance-like. I didn't really have a good way to present my work, so I put on some Satie at the last moment (the piece I chose was in the film My Dinner with Andre, during a scene where a character stares out the window of a cab and watches the city at night, much like my third drawing). Next time, also, I'd like to try something a little more experimental. We'll see how that goes...
