Just like last section, I was stoked on the art presented in class in our confession project. As all of the confessions presented so far had to do with relationships or personal hardships, today's crit was different as a couple of students presented work based on religious iconography and traditions. One piece that I truly enjoyed and wish I could own would be the stained glass mural designed by Eddie. My mother and I have always had a thing for collecting stained glass at the beach and other stained glass art we could find at consignment stores. To see Eddie's piece about his mother and her religious background struck a cord with me as I could relate. It was fascinating to see the connection everyone made in class to religion without any explanation. I would like to do a piece like that of Eddie's and admire his hard work.
Another piece I enjoyed that was somewhat religious based in personal narrative was the performance from Ashley. As Ashley gave her confession out loud in front of the class with spotlight and alter in front of her, she read her confession that hit deep in her emotions as she began to cry as she read. As she went on I thought that she was confessing or venting what she never got to say to an ex-boyfriend or old friend, but at the end of the performance piece, she announced that the confession to God. I was surprised to hear she was confessing to God, but the setting for her piece and the dramatics of it was the right tone. One thing I could suggest to make this performance better would be to recite it free hand so it wouldn't seem as if the letter was going to a physical person rather than God.
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