My Stimulus and Further Research

My piece has the stimulus of the glam jail image from blog 1.


Of course this peice had my mind racing with alot of different creative thoughts, however the one idea I kept bringing myself back to, was the idea of the square box around the person, that was trapping and isolating them from the rest of the world.
Not only do I think this has its literal meaning of being in jail and being locked in the confined square room, but also the metaphorical meaning of feeling lost and trapped inside yourself, so even if you are putting on a mask and acting glamorous, your feeling inside could be the complete contrast, and perhaps you could even feel nothing?

Another reason for the character feeling trapped is because on social media, people try and portray everything as perfect, content and idealistic however these emotions are rarely true to how someone is actually feeling and i really wanted to convey to the audience that this can be how social media can possess someone's mind, until they become obsessed.

Furthermore the box around the figure in my opinion also represents the box around an Instagram upload or a post on social media because it's always in the fixed square or rectangular shape, and whilst you show yourself in the image usually when you are at your best, or even exaggerating the truth not how you genuinely feel.

I did a small amount of research into why people feel the need to hide their feelings, and the three main reason I found, were,
"To avoid showing weakness", "to avoid getting hurt" and a "lack of confidence" it also explains how masking emotions can actually have a further negative impact on you with things like "disrupted communication",  "emotional buildup", "relationship strain" and something alot more dramatic but even "early death" because of things like issues with getting to sleep and heart conditions. (Raypole, 2020)

I would also like to do some more research into social media and society's impact on this theme, and why people feel as if hiding their emotions has to be the better option, instead of sharing how they feel so the world can be there to help them through that dark place.

In a way when we are performing this I would like the audience to find that they can relate to certain parts of the peice, and the overall feeling of being trapped. Because I feel that it is something that everyone will experience throughout life and even though we are portraying it to its extremities you can feel it with just the smallest and simplist of things.




Reference List
Raypole, C., 2020. Hey You! Quit Hiding Your Feelings. [online] Healthline. Available at: <https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/hiding-feelings#effects-on-health> [Accessed 16 October 2021].

Comments

  1. Eleanor Blackburn15 December 2021 at 14:49

    Hi Portia, really good blog! I like how you've stated what you want to research further as it shows an active interest in the creation of your piece. To improve perhaps you could go into a bit more detail on some of your points - well done!

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