planning for symbolic still life

Describe briefly your plan for The Symbolic Still Life project. Explain what kinds of objects you think you will use and why...how do they relate to some aspect of your theme. How will you arrange them and why? What materials will you use for this project and how big will you be working and why?

For my symbolic still life I am going to try to capture the broader theme of Identity. I plan to place masks arranged together possibly in front of mirrors. I want to try to show the more questioning side of what is identity. I think masks are symbolic of people trying to hide their identity or possibly wearing different identities. There is always something more behind the mask just like there are multiple faces to a person's identity. The masks will be places closely together or possibly laying on top of each other to show the different forms an identity can be. I will be using charcoal and pencil for this project because I like the smudginess and messiness of charcoal. It can make things blurry, just like an identity can be blurry, and pencil can be definite and clean like other forms of identity can be. These two materials show the different sides of identity. It can be clear cut like having brown eyes, or more uncertain like beliefs.