Throughout history the Blackbird was always a message of warning, bringing forth great peril or striking news. When I first read the Blackbird poem I pictured the Blackbird to be blind, an eerie message of the all seeing not being able to see. In it’s mouth it holds an eye, is it their own? is it a humans? or is it just a metaphor on how we view the world. I implore you to think of this piece and let your own imagination run wild.

How many people actually like there birthday?  Now imagine what it would be like to live until your 100th birthday. For this project I took the idea of 100 birthdays and used it to represent a repetitive pattern of a birthday party, with each passing decade gaining new family, friends, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. I chose to make my video a blast of color, almost too much color, adding additional donuts each time. For me, the donuts represented the additions to your life, wither it be family, friend, lover, or any one you’ve met throughout your 100 years. The blasting of the cake is a comical/ subtle symbol of the end or “death”, we can only hope to get to live until the 100th birthday but in reality we never truly know.

I hope this piece lets you think about the people you bring into your life, and who you would like to be there for your 100th birthday.