I plan to basically just draw a picture of a man whom has a teardrop tattoo under his eye. Its just a drawing and it represents the "Do you wear your heart on your sleve?" project. The teardrop indicates gang partnership and also represents the death of loved ones, and the murder of enemys.
The questions my project will adress are: What is the relationship between self and identity? How do others see us? How do we see ourselves? How do we identify and think about ourselves? How do we compose our identity? How do others compose their identities?
I want the audience to understand the symbol and what it means to the people who wear it. i want them to be able to understand why these people choose to get the tattoo under their eye, and what it represents. i want people to be able to identify how the things we do and wear and how we act can attribute to a culture. i want them to understand the culture of this tattoo and why its not a good idea to get one. i want people to see why these people feel the needs of getting this tattoo and basically just to understand the people who wear it and what it represents.
Erica,
ReplyDeleteYour topic is interesting but I'd like to know how the audience will learn about gang tattoos just by seeing a drawing of one. Can you include other information in the drawing to help the audience understand more about this phenomena?
I'm really intrigued by this topic, as I don't know much about it. I know that there are different types of tear drop tattoos, will you also give picture examples in your essay (or whatever you use to explain the subtleties of the tattoo)? I think that would be very helpful. I think the more visuals you have, the more your audience will learn.
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