"Eat, Wash, Eliminate": Critique #1

      Harriet Caldwell

Declaration

I chose the concept of innocence for many reasons. Out of my brainstorms I came up with multiple ideas and this was the most concrete and diverse idea. I also chose to include the lack of innocence to go along with it. The definition of innocence is harmlessness, freedom from sin or moral wrong, or guiltlessness, while lack of innocence is just the opposite. Usually innocence is going to be portrayed as children or cute little animals or even the Holocaust victims, but as to allow more paintings and pieces of art I figured that the lack of innocence would open up the doors to depictions of Hell, and possibly courts.  Throughout the ages there has been debates on the levels of innocence for the underage mothers, homosexuals, Jews, Negroes, etc, based on opinions. Innocence could be the feeling internally of doing something by mistake (or being mentally unhealthy) and insisting on no punishment. Or the actual feeling of never having done something viewed as bad or sinful. The punishments for lack of innocence could be the convictions in court to go to a jail, Hell, or just the overall emotion of guilt. I think it would be interesting to see people’s different views on innocence depending on personal and religious beliefs. I will definitely enjoy researching and following though with my concept of innocence (and lack of).