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Patches of Memory

In science, everything starts from an atom. Then, when several atoms merge together, it becomes a molecule. Then, when molecules merge as well, they eventually form an organelle. A group of organelle will then become a cell. A cell will become a tissue, then organ, until they form an organism. I used this sequence since this is where I can relate the art of Sir Ange Arthur-Koua which he introduced during the special session of our ARTS 1 class.

Sir Ange would use different fabrics, i.e. clothes, used by different people to create art by combining several patches of fabric from those clothes to eventually form an artwork. I was amazed by his works since each image that was formed from the different patches of clothes are really vivid and clear. His inspiration in creating this type of art is amazing as well since he said that each piece of clothing holds the memories of the people who worn the said clothes. Moreover, he mentioned that each strand of fiber or piece of fabric is like a DNA (hence I used science to relate my understanding) that eventually creates a new form of art. 

Of course, the main take away from this special session is the idea that it provided me and the rest of the attendees. We can do something similar to this form of art at home from different clothing of our own family, which can symbolize our togetherness by the new form of art that can be created from our clothes. This form of art is also a good reminder that by spending expensively to buy expensive things for a person important to us is not the main essence of giving. The brand, price, or whatever describes different things is just the physical measurement. One must remember that the most important thing will always be the thought (of giving) and the memories we have with a person we hold dearly.