100 Word Description of Lyrics

Since our art piece is focused on Helen Keller, we decided that the song would focus solely on Melanie Benn.
Melanie Benn is a woman who at the age of 18 months was diagnosed with an illness that left her without any arms or legs. My song focuses on how she overcame this, and how she is resilient. As it explains in the song, today she can do many things that she, nor anybody else ever thought she would be able to do. She has overcome her disabilities and is a truly resilient woman.

New lyrics

It’s not always been this way
She might say
“I used to be normal”
Until that day…
She lost her legs and arms
She was no longer the same
And yet, she knew she had plans for life
To go to college, drive, have a job
So she kept fighting

(Chorus)
She fought to overcome
She fought will all of her might
She fought to be resilient
And it was well worth the fight

Now, she’s like any other person
She can do things nobody ever guessed she would be able to do
She aimed for a goal
That she achieved

(Chorus)
She fought to overcome
She fought will all of her might
She fought to be resilient
And it was well worth the fight

But not everything is still perfect
Sometimes things are still hard
Sometimes she still has to fight
Sometimes she still has to ask for help
But even though, things are still alright

(Chorus)
She fought to overcome
She fought will all of her might
She fought to be resilient
And it was well worth the fight


She struggled
She fought
She aimed
She tried
She overcame
She is
Resilient.

How Do I Connect With My Project?

I wanted to choose Helen Keller as my resilient historical figure because not only did I feel she was a very resilient historical figure, but I was also because she is one of my distant cousins. This wasn't the only reason why I wanted to choose her as our resilient historical figure, but it did provide an interest in her.
I chose Melanie Benn as our current community member because she has fought so hard to overcome some very difficult obstacles and I feel that she is a very resilient person. I relate to her because she seems like a person who wants to lead a productive, fulfilling life no matter what it takes, as do I.
When people see our project, I want them to be inspired. I want them to think "If Helen Keller and Melanie Been can overcome such hard times, then so can I." I want them to feel that they can do anything they want if they want it enough.

Connection

I am personally connected to my project because quilting is something that has been around me since i was a very young child. My mom has always been a quilter and i have always wanted to create a quilt like her. I also wanted to do Helen Keller because it has always been inspiring to me to see how she could be so successful in life and be able to live with being blind and deaf and able to do such great things.
When people see our quilt and hear our song to think about what they have that they take for granted (sight, being able to walk) and to realize how amazing Helen Keller and Melanie Ben are.

Studio Time/ Blueprint

Studio Time:
On Friday I spent my studio time working on using Photoshop to design the quilt blocks while Cherish was drawing the picture of Helen Keller that we will scan into Photoshop for the center quilt block. Next week i will work on laying out the remaining 3 blocks on Photoshop and working on stitching the braille

Blueprint:
For our blueprint we got some good constuctive feedback. Several people said that we needed to add more information about Helen Keller's life, and that we should use less words. Some people said that we should incorperaite things about our other resilent person into our quilt, but we are actually going to be focusing on Helen Keller in our quilt, and Melanie Ben in the writing