Memory

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Response:

I chose to look at the idea of growing up when we were given the topic of memory. The original photograph is an interesting one for me. I remember the room, I remember the people in it, I remember the box, and I remember the bits and pieces of dress up clothing. But I don't at all recall the actual memory, or ever indeed playing dress ups with my mum and sister.

As it turns out, without really remembering that this box was once my toy box, and then dress up box, when my parents moved they tried to throw it away, and I got really upset and fought for it. I'm not really sure why, I just knew at the time that I really didn't want to let it go. So, it's now in my house, and I sit on it to get ready when I go out... To do things like put my shoes on. Which got me thinking about the idea of dressing up, and how it changes from when you are a little kid to when you are an 18 year old girl. That's about as far as I will go with explaining it. I hope it's overall quite an obvious photograph in terms of its meaning.