My idea about Identity is
‘Why do we need to be identified?’
In my opinion, as long as people are asked to be identified or have the need to be identified – that’s sad.
Why are we asked to be identified?
ID Cards
Uni Cards
Passport
Visa
With Photos, Names, Numbers
So that people who don’t belong to that certain university, city, country can’t enter.
When we still need what is called ‘security’ that means we are afraid, we are scared, we are terrified of those who don’t belong to our ‘groups’, ‘countries’; that means there are bad or horrified people that we need to keep track of; that means people can be evil so we need their records to find them when they turn to be so. And that’s sad.
Why do we want to be identified?
Clothes/ Phones/ Laptops
A boyfriend/ girlfriend
A group of ‘friends’
Facebook
How are we without them?
Who we are without them?
We want to belong.
We want to possess things, people.
When we own something or someone who is valuable to us, we are afraid to lose them and that’s what makes our lives miserable.
To some extent, we are imprisoned in our own small cages of materialistic life when we want to possess things or people.
It’s not comfortable to walk on high heels, to wear tight clothes or to have lots of make-up on our faces.
It’s not comfortable to be in a miserable relationship.
It’s not comfortable to try to be someone else not the true you to fit into a group.
It’s tiring to sit in front of a computer taking care of our profile photos and statuses to show people how we are living our life.
It’s not comfortable having to take care of expensive phones, laptops.
But we’re still buying all that clothes, wearing all that on, keeping all that relationships – to possess, to be identified, to belong. And with all that, we judge others on what they wear, who they are with, what university they study, where they are from.
And that’s sad.
9 year old Elliot and his 6 year old triplet brothers~ my buddies on the trainLondon - CambridgeOctober 29th 2010
Let’s take a look at happy carefree kids around us!
They are not old enough to be asked for cards.
No card. No number.
Just smiles.
Bi ~ my little cousin. Summer 2006.
They don’t care about clothes, phones.
They don’t need a boy/girlfriend
They don’t need to belong to any certain group.
They don’t judge others by all these things.
They are happy in their little own world.
They walk carefree happily.
Dancing on their tip toes.
Scream, sing, fly
whenever they want
wherever they are
whoever they are with!
They are not scared
of new things/ people.
They
discover
learn
with
greatest curiosity!
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Chuột/ Hamster - my neighbor in Vietnam. 2009
They talk carefree happily
Being truly into every tiny little single thing they do
And enjoy life to the fullest
Naturally!
They own not many properties but lots of happiness and joy!
They don’t know much and they are the happiest people on earth!
We all used to be one of them
We all used to be happy carefree lovely kids
Why do we keep changing for the worse
When we 'grow up'
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I'm Just A Kid!
Elliot writing his email in my diary planner before we said goodbye
Elliot: how should I write my name for you?
me: oh just your name
his dad: don't give out your full name Elliot
Materials: Photos + Videos of kids that I have been taking
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Tutor note: essay filmsChris Marker ~ La Jetée (1962)Patrick Keiller ~ London, Robinson in Space--All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~Pablo PicassoSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo da Vinci
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