After having a mid-project crisis with the idea, visualisation and the whole confidence in it, I decided to stand back from it a bit. I've been looking at houses as a status symbol, and I think because I have tied myself to one way of visualisation, it has hindered the process of experimentation in the project.
Yesterday I had a meeting with Rick, and we started talking about the areas around Stockport, and how they would differ in terms of this project. We talked about self expectation and how as harsh as it may be, there is a stance about certain areas that may have less of a self expectation than other areas. This may not be true in terms of reality, however I think that these such areas are preconcieved by many, including me, to have a poverty of expectation.
Say how would we compare Marple, or Cheadle with somewhere like Brinnington? Our conceptions are preconceived and we consider the type of area as being either 'posh' and 'snobby' or 'poor' and 'rough'.
We then start to think about these areas of classes, believing that the area that we live in defines our class and status in society.
I took a trip to Brinnington, for some further shooting. However I did not hinder my experiments by only shooting houses, I started to think about streets, areas, layouts etc.
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