Why am I stuck?
- I tried to pick out text from the interviews but I found it a real struggle because I wasn't sure exactly what I was trying to communicate, so I separated my concepts:
- Looking at the canal as an uninhabited now functionless liminal space that people simply pass through. As they do, all they leave behind is remnants of themselves (objects). These abandoned objects carry a narrative of what came before and who left them behind. A presence in absence.
- How the canal is perceived as an idilic setting painted in watercolours vs the reality of it now that it no longer performs its intended function. Also how the canal, like the objects functions to work toward its own imminent destruction when something supersedes it. After which, it is left to be slowly destroyed by the elements. (Cornelia Parker)
- Having decided on my concept, I mind mapped different quotes that I could place in my book. However, I am still struggling because nothing quite fits with my concept fully. I thought that I could include the reasons for visiting the canal that I collected (to describe the characters who might have dropped the objects). However, I don't think that this really adds to my narrative (more distracting).
I think that the only way that I am going to move forward is if I move away from looking at my interviews and think of my own narrative ..
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