If someone was to walk into my room they would not critique it on where every little item is placed or what color my bedspread is. But for me when I was putting together my room every item has a place and reason to why it is there. I did not realize it until we were talking about the act of make special in class, but the more I thought about it the more I discovered that my room is an act of me making special.
My desk for instances it has essentials like my printer and pens and pencils, yet it has other items that there purely because I like them and they are important to me. I have an old record that I melted into bowl, now it holds all my pens, tacks, and tools, yet to me it is not just a bowl to put utensils in it is a special because I made it and I created something new out of something old. The posters above my desk are not just slapped on there because I wanted to fill up a blank wall. I have a poster of Bob Marley and I remember when I was about 12 I went to a record store with my dad and bought this poster. Now this is no ordinary poster, it is an actually poster from when Bob was on tour. So not only is special in that sense but it also special to me in that it is a memory I share with my dad. I can also hear my dad saying do your homework Ally when I sit and do my homework. I also have a poster of the tallest redwood and three pictures that I drew myself. The redwood poster reminds me what a beautiful place we live in and how lucky I am to be going to school here. The three drawings remind me to stay creative. I also have a mosaic frog above everything on the wall; I made this as well and gave it to my dad who told me to take it with me when I went to school.
This is an act of making special to me because every single piece is important to me in one-way or another. Every item is unique in its own way and is placed there because of the significance it has to what I do when I am working at my desk. Whether it is schoolwork or artwork or just jotting down a note from a phone call, every item reminds of something significant or small little memory that makes me smile.
I relate to this. Many of the items/pictures on my wall or on my desk are linked with memories or trigger a sense of nostalgia, a sense which I hold quite high in my life. I have figures and pictures that when I look at them I feel instantly happy.
ReplyDeleteI rally like that some of the items in your room are tied to good memories because not only does it mean something to you personally but also puts a smile on your face and makes for a better work environment.
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