Familiarity / Comfort+Discomfort
There are many moments in which I myself not wanting to go home. Even after a very long, difficult, exhausting day at work or school, I still do not want to be home. Every time that this feeling presents itself, I ask “Why am I feeling like this?”. Why am I feeling like this? Home has always been a place of comfort for me, for anyone really. Home is usually a place of rest and relaxation, a break from the all the chaos. The 9 to 5s. The pretending to be excited for your coworker who is getting married to someone they met two months ago. Home is somewhere you can just be yourself. Yet I have found great difficulty in this act of being myself.
I can only hope that this feeling goes away someday. Perhaps when I move out to make a home of my own design, both metaphorically and literally.
Research on Analog Technology (Specifically typewriters)
I think my project is naturally going a direction that highlights my fascination for analog technology. I adore digital technology; I honestly wouldn’t be the same without it. However, there is a quality about analog technology that has always attracted me: it forces the user to stop and think for a moment. Because if you don’t think and just do, whatever it is you’re doing, you’re going to end up wasting even more of your time. Film cameras limit you in how many shots you have on a roll. Typewriters force you to stop and think about what you actually want to say before you say it. That concept alone is just beautiful.
