Time is so much more palpable with the lack of structure in Covid times where days blend together. Days, weeks and months were taken away when we had to quarantine ourselves. Time has been the unit of change in all cultures, regardless of beliefs or economic background. Time can affect everyone and will change everyone's lives, when we started our quarantine we moved from a present to an online world that made everyone restructure their lives.
In Zoe Leonard’s work we can understand the passage of time with her timeline of her luggage. Fashion has always reflected how society has changed and has evolved, what we think is interesting today might not be tomorrow. This idea of constant change is shown physically in her art exhibition. Each one of us has changed emotionally and our style has changed with it, it's hard to believe what we once used to accept as true and accept the change . Thinking about what I used to find pleasure might not have changed but emotionally I answer differently. Religion for instance, it was introduced to be as chirstianity and I accepted as true growing up but by the pass of time and knowledge gain I have questioned it. I react to the principles that I learn and morals within the Bible but I no longer consider myself christian.
In the memories that she had collected in each trip with each bag, Leonard’s time was established by memories and people that changed the artists and her collection shows it with the timeline of luggage. I can relate to the growth in changing perspectives and in the collection this message makes sense together as she is one person and has only modified herself in her evolution. Change is encouraged and shown in the models of bags that have changed but the continuity of blue hues is what let us know that is one person that has evolved, the essence is there and the details changed.
In your first paragraph, you write that time is more palpable without a lack of structure, and I think it would be beneficial to say how, especially if you're connecting it to quarantine and the work as a whole. From what I understand, you're describing the universality of time as a unit, but I would rewrite "time has been the unit of time," and maybe just state "The unit of time has been..." in one way or another. I like your connection between fashion, trends, and time in relation to the self. I think it would be good to clarify what you mean in the last sentence of the second paragraph (and maybe not use first person PoV)...to what are you emotionally answering? In your last observation, I would refrain from saying that change is shown in "a very artistic way." The work is art and thereby constitutes as artistic. What are some observations that apply specifically to this work?...then you can connect how you feel about the way the work represents change.
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