A lot of things have changed this week. 


During the week I spent a lot of time reading, thinking about being uncomfortable and did some sketches to try and capture the feelings of uncomfortableness. The images of my sketches and descriptions of the concept behind each one can be found in the previous post. But after all this I was just at a stand still. I was not sure of where to go with this whole uncomfortable feeling and was getting more and more frustrated.


So I continued to read in search an ah ha moment, something that would inspire me to move forward. In the book I have been reading I finished a chapter called "Thin Slicing". This chapter talked about how we as individual thin slice everyday when we are trying to understand everything around us. Specifically, they began to talk about thin slicing to get an instant understanding of another human being. The most interesting part was when I read about an individual who analyzes couples in relationships. He is able to sit, watch and analyze a couple's 15 minute conversation and based on ques and certain behaviors he observed he had a 95% accuracy rate of determining if they would be divorced in the next 15 years. 


This inspired me to start to think about my own personal relationships. How and why can two completely separate individuals come together to form a bond? What is unique about the dynamic of their relationships? These are just a few question I have begun to ask myself and am excited to start to explore.


Also another thing that has inspired this concept is an illustration I did last year. This is an image of flowers, something beautiful and feet, something considered ugly, coming together and forming a connection. It is the whole idea of opposites attract. 

Based on this new idea this coming week I am going to continue to do a lot of reading about relationships. As well I am going to do a few studies to help me better understand certain relationships I have chosen to look at further. Im just excited to see where this all leads!