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Seasons ChaOnf ge The Greek Myth of Seasons

THE MYTH The story of Persephone time in that garden and used to pick and Hades is an extremely flowers everday. They bloomed important legend in Greek myth. happily at her touch. Hades had It tells the story of how the seasons, ventured up to the Overworld one Winter, Spring, Autumn, and day and he happened to come across Summer came to be. The story Persephone doing her daily flower goes that Persephone was picking picking. Hades had thought that she flowers one day in the garden that was the most beautiful girl he had her mother, Demeter had grown ever seen and made a plan to marry for her. Persephone loved to spend her on the spot.

Persephone knew nothing of this that one fateful day. She searched planandwasonedayentrancedwith the far ends of the Earth, the leaves a yellow narcissus flower. She asked turning from red to yellow to brown her playmates for help to pick it and before the eventually began their as they pulled it out of the ground, own descent from the branches that the Earth opened up around Perse- had once given them life. Instead phone, swallowing her into the Un- of blooming everwhere she walked, derworld. Demeter was distraught the flowers wilted and died at the at the descent of her daughter, so lack of nurture Demeter was giv- distraught that she could no longer ing the soil. There was nothing left nurture the Earth as she once had. in the Goddess except, a hole where The plants began to die as all the her heart was. She did not even have Goddess could focus on was trying time to give herself life. to find where her daughter had went

Persephone was lonely in the what felt like eternity, Zeus had had Underworld. She didn’t know enough of the shenanigans going anyone except for Hades, her captor. on on the worlds below Mount He tried desperately to get her to Olympus. He told Hermes to speak feel more comfortable, to fall in love with Demeter who would only let with him, but she wouldn’t. Why the world revive once her daughter would she? She felt betrayed and was returned to her safely. Hermes, she missed her mother, constantly the messenger God, brought this wondering how Demeter was doing to Hades and the two Gods made in the world above. She had no idea a compromise: Persephone would that the world was dying, that the return to the Overworld for eight Goddess of the Harvest had created months out of the year, the rest a drought out of anger and sadness would be spent in the Underworld and wasn’t letting up until her with Hades. daughter was found. Finally, after

During this time, Persephone had actually grown quite fond of the Underworld’s master. He was gentle and kind to her and after all, she had no one else to lean on. Her fondness could only grow stronger. Before she left for the warmer months, Hades fed her four pomegranate seeds out of fear. Feeding her the divine food from the Underworld would compel her to return to him for those four months out of the year. Returned to her mother, Persephone felt happy, but she also felt as if something was missing. A sort of longing for her captor, Hades, who held on to her for the rest of eternity. Persephone eventually reciprocated Hades’ love for her. The two reuniting after the long summer months for the Winter, where the world died, but where she felt the most alive.

THE IDEA For my project I was really of a set that I create either digitally interested in the idea of using or analoguesly. I want to do makeup makeup as a medium. I love drawing looks that depict each person in the and expressing myself, but I had story and their relationships. One a lot of trouble coming up with half of my face would be one person a more modernized approach to while the other half would be the project. I express myself a lot another person. Showing only half when it comes to makeup and it of my face would be the depiction is something I really enjoy doing, of that specific person’s emotions. whether it be full face makeup, Showing the entirety of my face glam, or my everyday makeup. My would be the relationship between project will be a stop motion that the two people. I will also have a depicts the story of Persephone and narration voice over running of the Hades. I will take the photos in front myth I wrote on the first four pages.

Iwant to change the narrative is motherly and loving, but also structure by telling the story one of distrust and sadness. The in an unconventional way while audience I hope to inspire with this also getting the message across. pieceis anyonewho finds interestin What emotions does each person this topic whether it be makeup or have throughout the story? How Greek myth. This is one of the most does this connect to our modern iconic and important tales in Greek day world? Throughout the story mythology because it is the story/ there is many emotions for each explanation of how the seasons person, a girl who has been taken, change. It’s a dramatic tale between a mom who lost her world and is two people with others caught in so distraught that the Earth dies between, a story of heartbreak and every time her daughter is taken sadness, but also a story of love and away, and a man who is in love, but how it came to be. doesn’t have the right intentions. There are many voices in the myth that each hold their own story and that is what I want to convey in my piece. Persephone is scared and she feels alone, but eventually grows to love the person who took her away from her home and keeps her for six months of each year. Her voice is one of confusion and disregard, but turns into an eventual love. Hades falls in love with a girl who is simply picking flowers, his voice is one of fondness and compassion, but why does he think it’s right to steal her away in the night? Demeter’s voice

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TIMELINE 1. November 16 - Concept Paper 2. November 23 - Project Proposal 3. November 23 - Apply Feedback 4. November 25-29 - Media collection/ shooting (makeup, set plans, some shooting) 5. Document Progress/shoot the project in dorm 6. Final Presentation