Sproj Brainstorm 3: Environmentalist Alphabet

Freewrite:
I really enjoyed making poems and short pieces that were illustrated in my art in society class in high school. We wrote the poet's alphabet and for each letter wrote and illustrated a creative conceptual piece that related to the letter, For my senior project it would be really cool to do something like this. Yes, research and literacy on subject is important - that cultivates knowledge and awareness, but we're not all academics and I don't want to end up writing an academic piece of work - unless it makes sense for me to do that. I would do that if there was a real need to write academic work, but to me I think the need is to synthesize and cultivate an awareness of academic work that already exists and bring it to the public, use it in art, and let it ignite new thought and new creative expression. Being at Bard has given me an awareness and appreciation for academic work, and I got a little bit caught up in trying to professionalize myself, but I want to express myself in an authentic and fun way now. Looking back to what I had the most fun doing, and what cultivated the best result, I think back to the poet's alphabet and think that that format is ideal for my self expression. It allows me to cultivate my creative poetic side, while cultivating the philosophical questions I enjoy asking, while also using my creative drawing and illustrating abilities, to improve and expand upon my ideas.

Of course I don't want my work to be superficial. And I want to dig deep into some important questions. How can I do that? Is the poet's alphabet simply a beginning? Is this the jumping of point for a new format? I also really enjoyed making a stop motion animation piece for my french class? Is this also going to come into play? What about my interest in languages? My russian and french? Is that going to be a part of this? What about my physics side? How can environmental science come into play in this? Is there an overarching idea for the poet's alphabet? Is there an overarching question? Such as what would the world look like if we implemented all the technology we have now to address environmental questions? Or... what does utopia look like and feel like? What about my social justice questions? What about my interest in education? What about my relationship to Los Angeles, to architecture and urban planning? How does all of this come into play?