On Tuesday our class separated into small groups. Each member of the group was asked to bring an object or two that could be combined to create a sort of non-soup version of this. With a pile of mostly cardboard and magazines, some cotton balls, colored plastic and ribbon, we began to brainstorm on ways that we could create interesting and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. This proved to be quite the challenge. Where as a soup can usually be made using what ever ingredients are lying around the fridge and look and taste pretty good, design of random objects proved to be a lot trickier. We started off well but after not too long it seemed like the design would take sharp turns and change in ways that seemed to contradict itself. For example, what was going to be a snowy mountain became a headless body. I began to understand why they say "too many cooks spoil the broth", because in the end we could all agree that it looked a lot like a pile of trash. In fact a few other students were walking around and looking at the designs and stopped to observe the design we had laying in the middle of the grass. We had to alert them that that actually was a pile of trash and out design was on the sidewalk behind them. This project showed me that there is a fine line between a well seasoned stew and an over seasoned goulash. The secret to staying on one side of that line is haw well you are able to work with other people toward a goal that is loosely defined.
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