I thought of the significance of that, and I came down to important points in time. For each rite of passage that a person passes through, time stops for the moment to celebrate that event. Celebrations, cheers, joy, solemnity, meditation... are different reactions or emotions that are experienced at the event. But they're significant nonetheless, to the person who is going through the rite of passage and to the people around them.
Thinking how I could signify AGE, I thought of the trickling of time... Perhaps using similar ideas to the hourglass, or burning candles with trickling wax to indicate it. But I felt that it was too linear, too straightforward... In these ideas, time just flows and never stops, for that important event in life. As I racked my brains again, somehow I became stuck to the idea of the flame and fire. As it is in my rituals and celebrates, people light candles, and as the flicker of light comes alive the entire atmosphere changes, marking the importance of that very day, that very hour.
So I finally came up with an idea. Matchsticks!
Well, matchsticks are short, and I thought of linking each matchstick to the next so that I could set them ablaze. The wonderful thing about matchsticks would be the way it ignites. Each time friction or some form of catalyst hits the head, it suddenly just burns up, like a mini explosion. And these mini explosions could work in my project as I paralleled them to the important celebrations in life - rites of passages. And as each matchstick shrivels, there goes the passing of time too.
Here's an idea of what I intend to do. But I have yet to set them alight, considering how my home isn't fireproof. I wonder how I could actually show this in class since we've fire detectors and such... But anyway, here are the pictures!
Hoping to light it up!
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