Creative Questions from Diffusion Photo Fest No1

I picked up some postcards at the Diffusion Festival in Cardiff and I thought it would be a good idea to attempt to answer these questions as a way of thinking about my own Major Project or as an informative expression of how I think about art, or indeed how my vision of the world informs my own practice.

WHAT MAKES A FAMILY

Images by Elin Hoyland Courtesy of Diffusion Festival Website

http://www.diffusionfestival.org/experience/

If I think about what makes a family, it is being surrounded by people you love and those who love you. Living together, being together, sharing experiences and being supportive towards eachother.

These two brothers have lived in each others' company all their lives. To me this insinuates that their thoughts and actions will mimick each other. The closeness of their shared lives means that they probably don't have to say much to know how the other will react to any given situation.

This can happen with any two or more people who share their every waking moment together.

This is a difficult question to answer as it is a given that shared lives equals shared experiences equals shared memories.

However, a photograph will not show the individuality of the person being photographed. These two brothers look alike but that does not mean to say that they are actually alike. The confirmation of their likeness can only be described by the fact that they share the same interests and do, it appears, everything together.

So, what makes a family is being together, sharing life day to day, supporting each other and caring for each other.