About this.

In february this year I first asked people the question "what do you want to do, or what do you want to be when you grow up?". Influenced by the work of Sophie Calle, the idea behind asking the question was to get people to think a little more creatively about where they are in their lives and to see the world as full of the endless possibilities we recognise as children. Perhaps a little naive - but really - what's so wrong with that? Since then I have used it in two projects during the last part of my foundation course, and it has become something I want to continue asking people throughout my life. I think the answer's you get can let you inside of someone else's world a little bit. So I thought I'd share them. Each answer is completely anonymous, however I am thinking of including a name and age to answers in the future.

I have left in spelling and grammar mistakes, they are exactly as they were written.


Tuesday, 8 June 2010

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I want a beautiful wife, beautiful children. Design and build my own home by the sea. Illustrate books. Make love to my wife all weekend and have enough money to buy toys for my babies. I also want to stay really lean and healthy and eat high protein meals. Donating thousands of pounds to the fit pit would be lovely.



















I love optimistic writing!
I want to be really happy.



















when I was little I wanted to be a dinosaur

I still do...



















I want to be like TACITA DEAN - but even better.



















When I Grow Up I Want To Be As Happy As I Was Last Summer And As Content As I Am Right Now.



















I WANT TO FIND ETIRNITY IN AN HOUR



















When I grow up I want to be earning a living doing something creative.



















I want to have lots of babies!



















I want to lie here forever.



















I WANT TO BE A PORN STAR



















everything you thought you wanted will change. Time destroys all things. The only thing to take comfort in in this world is the unrelenting transience.



















I WANT TO SEE THE WORLD!!



















I WANT TO BE PROSPEROUS BECAUSE IT'S A BIG WORD THAT IN MY MIND MEANS 'GROWN UP' AND 'INDEPENDANT'.
I WANT TO BE HAPPY WITH MYSELF.
I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLATE SPIN



















I love educating others.




















I am grown up and still too confused to know what I want to be. I'd like to take things as they come and not get stuck in a routine for too long. And really I want to be an artist.



















I want to have lots of tiny fascinations and for everything to be just lovely again.



















I want to join a tribe and live in the wilderness. Sounds a bit cliche, but anyway.



















I WANT TO BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDANT.
I DON'T WANT ANY CHILDREN.
I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED.



















I want to be a lovely person far far away.



























I WANT TO KNOW MY DAD


























I want to be able to do nothing sometimes and not feel guilty about it.
























I REALLY WANT TO FLY.
DESPERATELY.



















I want peace and serenity.



















I WANT TO SING LIKE LOUIS ARMSTRONG



















I WANT TO BE SMART ENOUGH TO SEE IT HAPPENING.





















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I want to have a lovely house on Vancouver Island and listen to the whales sing.



















By the time I die I want to have seen more than anyone could ever see in a lifetime and to have been exquisitely happy at least once. Oh, and I'm deciding when and how I die.



















a hero




















when I grow up I want to be able to do an entire crossword in the guardian newspaper without googling anything. (or looking at the answers)




















Be Happy
Enjoy




















I want to be an artist and live in lots of exciting places.




















I wish I was on a boat.




















I want to be completely independant and self sufficient. I don't want to get married either.




















would it have been different if...




















I want to stop being lost. Maybe I will float into the sky and fly with your crane after a day trickling into sinking water.




















I want to stop looking back.





















I would like to get into Falmouth please!



















Make a difference to other people and be remembered




















I want to become skilled at baking.



















happy.



















WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A TAXIDERMIST





















I'm ready to live my own life now, but I'm scared to tell them.




















MOVING OUT SCARES ME...
In a good way.





















Lightness of mind and a warm breeze




















Going to a new school
Old friends, new friends, boyfriends?




















I want a kitten and a house rabbit.




















I want to shrink to the size of a pea and live in one of your boats.




















When I grow up I want to be able to do animations and art like my sister




















I want to eat lots of home grown potatoes and tomatoes with salt anf cuddle some moomins.




















want. want. need.




















I am liking this, so far.









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