I hope everyone enjoyed and had a safe and restful Thanksgiving. With the end of the semester only a few weeks away, I’ve been reflecting more deeply on how my project is taking shape.

Our workshop last week helped me clarify so much. I walked away with new perspectives and ideas that shifted how I’m approaching this piece. Even though I’ve had the core concept for a while, I still wasn’t sure how to structure or design it. Emily’s suggestion to experiment with Canva and/or Prezi really stood out to me since both platforms offer the kind of flexible, visual design that can suit a nonlinear story like mine.

Right now, I’m imagining the project as a multimedia scrapbook, an experience that blends essays, poems, audio recordings, voice notes, photographs, and other digital materials. A big part of my current process is collecting and curating all those multimedia elements I need, and figuring out how they speak to one another. I’m also working on an outline/timeline of activities to help me organize and remember those fragmented memories that will shape the narrative.

This is definitely an interactive and evolving process. Ideas keep feeding each other, and each new piece changes the shape of the overall story. With a project like this, it feels especially important to pause, think, and analyze every step so the final piece remains cohesive, emotional, and intentional.