The Bible. Print.
...It is my icon, after all.
"Colonial Life In America." All About History. 2002. Web. 07 Sept. 2010. http://www.allabouthistory.org/colonial-life-in-america.htm.
This resource helped me identify with the colonists and their diverse backgrounds. It gives a short summary of how the colonists had a hard life in the New World, but were able to draw on their desire to live and succeed in order to survive.
The American Colonist's Library-A Treasury of Primary Documents. Rick Gardiner, 2005. Web. 07 Sept. 2010. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294965/posts.
What we read defines our interests, goals, or personality. Therefore, it is important to know what the colonists read if I want to know how I connect and identify with them...
Chandler Hood's Artist's Statement also helped me identify my place in the continuum of my icons and examples of what sorts of big ideas could be identified in my own statement.
In addition, Ana Forsythe's Artist's Statement was even more useful because she compared herself to her icon and identified with Linda McCartney, elements I have tried to incorporate in my Artist's Statement.
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