Week 4 Melanie Martinez

I took this picture while sitting in the kitchen at my Grandma's house. Why I decided to share this, is because this is home. This is my home. I've known this place since I was brought home from the hospital. Why I specifically picked this light is because growing up there and being there on weekends my cousins and I knew that when that light was turned on we had to get up and help my grandma clean the kitchen. It seems crazy to me that my grandma was able to train us to know what to do with just turning on a light. This light gives me comfort but worries me at the same time. Comfort because I know my granny can still do what she loves most, clean, but worried because I knew if I don't get up and help I will get yelled at. Of course I would not get in as much trouble today as I did back then as a kid but I guess knowing that I would it always stood on me. The concept can works theatre too. Many actors can tell when they have to go on stage just by a light going on or off. Funny to me how I connected these ideas to each other. It really didn't hit me until I sat there and thought about it. The comfort of that light lets me appreciate my grandma still here with us. I feel like after she passes her spirit is going to turn the light on for us because she wants the kitchen clean. Haha. Who knew a simple light can tell a story.