I chose to map 2 different songs from my favorite band Motion City Soundtrack, because I love music and this band has been a big influence on my life. These 2 songs in particular, "Attractive Today" and "Everything Is Alright", are about insecurities, and trying to be okay with who you are. I chose theses songs because I feel like they really describe how I'm feeling at this point in my life.
What I did for this assignment, was list every word used in each song, and how many times it was used. Then I converted that number into a font size. So the bigger the word, the more times it was used. I thought about doing 4 songs, but I like the simplicity of the piece. You can zoom in and read all the tiny words and get a sense of what the songs are.
When I look at my finished piece, I get a sense of relaxation, and calmness, but that's probably because I know what the songs sound like. I also feel like it's reassuring me that everything will be okay, and that it's okay to feel sad every now and then.
This is a creative way to map the lyrics of a song! As discussed in critique, it would be interesting to map different genres and styles to see how the words would change.
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