Past, Present and Future Images

 Instructions from the book: 

 
1 . On the paper, draw 2 overlapping circles so that you create 3 sections.
2 . Starting from the left, label these 3 sections as past, present, and future.
3 . Glue photos from your past in the past section. (If you don’t want t glue your original images, you could use copies instead.)
4 . Glue recent photos in the present section.
5 . Cut images from the magazines that represent the future you wish to manifest.
6 . Glue your future images in the future section.

 

 

 

 

 

 Questions for Discussion:
· Were you able to find meaningful connections between various periods in your life?
· At any time in creating this art, did powerful emotions overcome you? What were those emotions?

 

I had to adapt and did this exercise with a twist as you can see. I used the metaphor of the rose and documented my life accordingly. I think the future holds decay even if I don't wish it to manifest. Such is the life of humans and flowers. I tried to think of myself as different from my childhood but with a stable character as I grew older. The main emotion I felt doing this exercise was sadness as my sense of reality indicated I, too, was born to perish.