Greetings from the Meat Aisle

Abstract

Greetings from the Meat Aisle is a celebration of what it means to be young and filledwith emotion. Specifically, to be a woman learning how to be alive for the first time. This project is expressed through poetics and visual imagery– which will be discussed in two parts– the poetics, then the images, and finally, how they work together. Greetings from the Meat Aisle is an ode to experiencing different emotions for the first time, and deeply, as a growing woman. A huge unspoken theme throughout GMA is how girlhood can be experienced andmore often than not produces these angsty feelings, memories, and existential experiences. The aforementioned “celebration” of what it means to be young and filled with emotions describes just that. Girlhood can often be characterized as different metaphors throughout the project. However, girlhood can best be represented by the feelings of disconnect and the ability or lack of understanding of how the world works as you grow up in it. This is shown by no overt figure at the forefront of the project, as there are many “selves” found throughout GMA. Selves include: the myself, the Meat Aisle, and the meat creatures. All of which represent different ideas and intangibles of girlhood. All three selves work together to curate these tensions between themes and ideas discussed within GMA.