The Phone
As our picture developed , we realized that we were missing a part of our lives that seems to control a vast majority of our time : our smartphones . Whether they are being used to track meetings or deadlines , or to keep in touch with family through social media and / or communication via text or call , phones are always present in our lives . For this reason , we decided to include a smartphone in our picture .
Maintaining the exaggerated dimensions of the picture , we chose to make the phone a sort of countertop . By choosing to make the phone a countertop , we ensured that the phone would be bigger than the person . Again , the feeling of sublime is represented within the room symbolizing our daily lives .
On the phone , we chose to have notifications about missed calls and texts from the subject ’ s mother , showing how they were
out of touch from the people surrounding them . We also chose to have a timer set and counting down in order to depict again how we are constantly budgeting and allotting time to certain projects ( as seen previously with the calendar and to-do list ). While we normally think of a phone as something that allows us to stay in touch with our loved ones and friends , the phone in this picture symbolizes how we have been disconnected from these people by all the tasks we feel the need to complete .
This idea relates to that of anxiety and anguish as depicted by Sartre , as the subject has been made to feel completely separated from society by their inability to answer any calls , texts , or messages from those they care about . In order to exaggerate this idea even more , we decided to have reminders about things that they should be doing with family
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