What do you like most about your Final Project?
I like that I touched upon a topic that isnāt widely discussed. And though Iām not too happy with my end product, Iām glad that I managed to push through and hand something in. in the future iād like to get together with Reg to fix the book and hopefully make my project better.Ā
What would you have done differently if you had more time/resources available?
I would have done a lot about my book differently. In the end, I didnāt have enough time or enough critiques to really make my book solid. First, Iād have refined the content I was using to make it seem more like a book rather than a scrapbook. The book seems to be a bunch of elements put together rather than something that is cohesive, unfortunately. Iād have liked to do the acordian book style instead since that would help my work appear to be like an interesting art piece. I would also have used different paper weights for the elements inside to make it better look like one piece. I would have liked to make my book cover solid and done with perfect binding just to give it that edge of seeming more like a book rather than a magazine.
I think the biggest issue was the I had gotten over-excited to do a topic that was close to me, but I didnāt get to think much of the output. There was a lot of content to work with for this topic, so that also played a part in becoming overwhelmed and not being able to organize it well. I think it would have been better if I had stuck to my Vanitas idea, but I was beginning to get doubts since I knew photography wasnāt my strong suit. My issue is that i tend to doubt myself long before I even begin a project, which always gives me difficulties later when itās too late to fix it.Ā
Overall, I probably would have chosen a topic that I could make all the content for myself. This topic is heavy so it just made it harder for me to show it in the most powerful way possible. In the end, it turned out looking like a rough copy of what the book could potentially be. It was really dissapointing.Ā
I wish I had been more on top of things for this class, but with all my other classes, work, and health issues, I just spiraled and gave up. Itās why I definitely want to revisit this project and make it better, or at least create another book with a different topic that is successful.
If you were describing your book to someone over the phone what would you say about it?
I would tell them that itās a short book but it holds powerful messages about the struggles of being a south asian feminist. I would tell them it reads like a vareity of voices coming from different places but in the end, all connecting to the core idea: the struggles of being a south asian woman.