Throughout this piece, I aimed to convey the parts of life I find satisfying and find an abundance of pleasure in. I tried to show my own child-like sense of wonder through my video of a favourite place of my sisters and I when we were younger and how all four of us find so much enjoyment in climbing rocks through a creek. Both videos I have chosen show feet travelling and exploring a different place. I have been brought up to love adventure and to explore even the places that are on my front doorstop, so I thought that these videos were a perfect example to convey this love of exploration and adventure.
The selected audio clips are sounds that I love. Firstly, I recorded my mother speaking on the phone in her first language (Maltese). This is a sound that I’ve grown up with my whole life and overtime I hear Maltese I feel at home (even though I can’t speak it myself). The second recording is that of the rumbling of a crowd. Before seeing a performance I like to hear how the rumblings of hundreds of people are turned to complete silence just by one persons presence on a stage; I feel like that performer has so much power handling so much attention. This brings me to my chosen text. I chose an excerpt from a song that comedian Bo Burnham wrote about his own profession and I completely relate to this. I too understand how attention is craved like a drug
The photos of the Enid Blyton books and of the cubby house are all relics from simpler times where I was allowed to build and immerse my imagination. The last two photos were chosen to portray the little things in life that fill me with contentment.
