Blog4: Peer Review
I encountered Beatrice Bredikyte’s blog post on the site, and it immediately caught my eyes. The “ Welcome back!” at the beginning of her blogs made me felt like a friend of hers, which I thought is a really clever way to get close to the reader. It is obvious that the ‘sustainability’ aspect is what she is concerned of more. Her view on ‘nature protection’ is fluidly carried on in all her blog posts. This made her point of view clear, and showed the evidences even more supportive.
The subject she chosen for her personal project is ‘Navigating through Clothing’, which according to her words, is a costume design project (Bredikyte, 2020). It is interesting the way she interpreted witch J’s costume, inspired by a book, ‘Shamanic regalia in the far North’, written by Patricia Rieff Anawalt (Bredikyte, 2020). And how the costume was constructed, using only her daily disposing she collected, definitely respond to her conscious of being sustainable. Encouragingly, she did a fine research on Shamanistic costumes of different tribes, so the final outcome does not feel like misrepresenting others culture.
The photos of her work that posted in between words are fascinating. The details such as, accessories on the witch’s rope and the bag were all made by resources found in the wild forest. How she thread all the pieces together is adorable. And I got to say, the bag is my favourite bit of all! Although it is a pity that she did not have the chance to collaborate with other peers in different professional field ( I believe that is for most of everyone else too), the outcomes are still well presented. I wish there is an opportunity to see the video filmed by herself and her dad!
She emphasised about how the Covid 19 outbreak interrupted the project and life’s upsetting, however, she has never be more grateful to rediscover mother nature (Bredikyte, 2020). It resonates with me a lot, because I also had some similar thought during the pandemic. The crisis has given us time to take a step back and rethink what could be changed in our current life styles and what is that really matters. Ironically, it is proven that the suspension of non-essential human activity had allowed the earth to heal from pollutions. The inconvenience of our living had the nature’s recovering in return. Wild lives have started booming in places where we never thought could see them. This is the most desperate period, but also the most hopeful timing ever. I am looking forward for the post-pandemic world to arrive. Though I can see that there would be a massive change to our lives in many aspects, and would be hard to adjust. I still believe if we could take real actions and use the knowledge we gained in this unit, this will be the best chance for us to make our world a better place to live in.
References
Bredikyte, B., 2020. Blog 1 – Human destructive nature. [Blog] Available at: <https://1920betterlivessmc.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2020/02/25/blog-1-human-destructive-nature/> [Accessed 6 May 2020].
BREDIKYTE, B., 2020. Can the global issues of today’s pandemic be the key for more positive future of Fashion?. [Blog] Available at: <https://1920betterlivessmc.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2020/04/18/can-the-global-issues-of-todays-pandemic-be-the-key-for-more-positive-future-of-fashion/> [Accessed 6 May 2020].
BREDIKYTE, B., 2020. Reflection on my Better Lives Project. [Blog] Available at: <https://1920betterlivessmc.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2020/05/04/reflection-on-my-better-lives-project/> [Accessed 6 May 2020].