The Sunflower Project

For a school project…

I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and approach strangers in the city.

Let’s see if I was met with kindness.

October 18, 2022:

I got some sunflowers and went to the Palace of Fine Arts and Crissy Feild East Beach to hand them out to strangers. Everyone showed me an immense amount of grace and kindness.

I wanted to present the images shown above with pictures of myself as a child, to compare my openness then socially, vs. now.

The Process.

I used a basic film camera for the documentation and wrote little notes to tie to each flower, thanking the participants for their time and kindness.

The Presentation

Sharing a memory or thought about each picture shown…

Final Thoughts…

This experience really opened my eyes to how kind people are and how there are no limits to what “art” is.