Narrative Digital Collage

My Mind('s) Worry (ies)

   
      Who can dictate how you feel? Your parents? Your siblings? Your ex? That hobo down the block that licks his lips every time you pass him on the street? No one. No one at all (ok, maybe the hobo...unless you're in to that kind of thing). Everyday, we as human beings let things get to us that just shouldn't. So what if your brother took your glasses to school without your permission? So what if there is no ham in the fridge and you so desperately want a ham sandwich? Life goes on.

I swear I wish I actually thought this way.

     The simple truth is, I take many small things to the heart and many big things in stride. This can be sort of described as an "Sure, you can set my house on fire, I won't mind. Just as long as you make sure my goldfish crackers are safe" attitude. The collage above this text is an attempt to look in my own mind and heart and figure out the things thats important in my life, all the while showing my huge transition from my childhood into adult life.
     Personally, I believe that many people go through a transition in their lives where they just do not know where their childhood went. I was blessed to never lose my child-like spark that kept me grounded and curious with the world and its inhabitants. But when given the task to tell a narrative about myself, I did not know how to even start. I mean, who could I? I've been stuck in "wanderer" mode for my whole life. Thats not to say i'm a slacker or anything, but unless I was doing music, I could never look deep into my soul using a different form of art and find some sort of inspiration. Until now that is.
     This collage is broken up into three levels (also described as layers). The first level is the depiction of my outside demeanor: Cool, Effective, Creative and giving off the vibe of an intelligent slacker. This layer features Mordecai and Rigby from Adventure Time mowing the park lawn in their typical lazy but effective demeanor. But, without much examination, this layer is faded to give visual for the next two.
     The second layer is what I like to call the "Adult Layer". Its filled with my own personal desires and faults, fully equipped with a blind and evil girlfriend, two demon guards at her side (also women), two pictures of Kanye West on his way to being beheaded, and an abstract art piece of a man confused/in pain (metaphor anyone?). This is meant to depict my own adult worries, something that I have come to pick up with age.
     The third and last layer is filled with characters that seem fill my head when I am not paying attention to something I should. Delivery Pickle, Finn & Jake from Adventure Time and Twinkie the Kid are all either running or visibly upset from the appearance of a certain monster on the far left. In recent months, i've found myself also losing my childhood like the persons I afore mentioned. The last layer is just what I truly believe is happening inside of me: my childhood (depicted by the characters) is being chased out of my heart, body and soul with Chain-Chomp from Super Mario Bros. leading the way. "Hold on to what made you curious in the first place" is basically what this collage is telling about me and  recent events regarding me. That is just mind blowing. Or, bananas as some would say.


OR as Finn and Jake would say: "Ba-nay-na-nays!".

Carpe diem.