So, this weekend went well for me. My mother spent the past week in the hospital dealing with blood clots and infections, but she had surgery and came home on Saturday. She is doing much better and her mood is improving.

I spent most of my time at home collecting photos for my project. I went through all my old photo albums and picked out the pictures that I wanted to use for my project. It was a little hard to do, because a lot of the pictures were of my aunt (who was also my godmother) who died two years ago… The pictures that I think will be the most helpful to me are the ones of the whole family. They show three generations together that were all affected by breast cancer, and I think that these pictures will be my inspiration and focus.

I also spent some time this weekend listening to music for my flash piece. I was really inspired by a lot of music, but most of it was copyrighted… In the end I guess it’s a good thing I can’t use copyrighted music. I think if I could I would rely too heavily on the lyrics to push my piece. I need to use a musical piece without lyrics so that I will have to focus on the visual more. Anyway, right now I am thinking about using Beethoven’s “Fur Elise.” It’s 4 minutes, which gives me plenty of time and it’s a good tempo…