Time to Smell the
Flowers
As the end nears, spring has sprung and
summer is forging through. The light at the end of the tunnels has brightened
to the point of hypnotically blinding. The air smells fresh and light again whilst
pure joy is on the horizon.
Over the last semester
of the Textile Degree I have endeavoured to create a persona that (if I chose
to go public) would represent me strongly and accurately. I have chosen to keep
it quite informal and more about where I look for inspiration and what I choose
to surround myself with to keep my motivated and my eyes pleased. I love
beauty, given the choice I would choose classic beauty over grotesque
individualism. I admire peoples search for the new and untouched yet have
resigned myself to the realisation that nothing is really that new anymore in
2012- what is new is peoples interpretations of the past and their willingness
to improve on this for the future, using the expanding knowledge and wealth of
information that is available to us today.
Sustainability and the
awareness of our carbon footprint are key factors to this growing understanding
of good design v’s high fashion or fast turn over. Creativity has been given a
new lease of life through people’s exploration of past and traditional
techniques in a modern world, generating a greater appreciation for hand
crafted and up cycled objects. These aspects combined with our advances in
technology and people’s grasp that knowledge is power, happiness is health and
wealth is not necessarily financial, I feel indicates the movement to a happier
and healthier future. I am not unrealistic and do not think this will occur in
the nearest of futures however I do think it is a growing trend and an
increasing backlash on the current social state and status.
As generations come
through with this vast understanding to their individual impact on their world,
their surroundings, they will be leaps and bounds ahead of past generations in
which were taught that money is everything and quality of life is meaningless
hence encouraging a lack of respect for themselves and their roles within
society.
It is with this
knowledge that I embark on the transition from education to reality and I have
made a promise to myself that I will continue to increase my positive impact of
my local community by minimising my carbon footprint where possible and sharing
the knowledge that I have learnt and the habits I have been taught in relation
to good and sustainable design. Start local go Global….
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