How Does this Link to the Cornelian Principles?
So, how does it link?
Cornelian 150th Anniversary Competition 2025
With this year's theme being 'Hope' I have decided to base my project on the Greek Myth Pandora's Jar. I will be using this blog to provide updates on the process of making my project and to eventually showcase the end product.
About the Brief
"This piece of work is to be both creative and cross-curricular, embracing the values of the Cornelian ethos."
The theme for this year's project was chosen as Hope in honour of the Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church.
How I Recorded My Work.
I have used the blog below to record my progress and ultimately display my project. It starts with the section entitled 'First Ideas' so please read from then onwards (you'll need to scroll down to the bottom to start). Thank you!
Final Project
My final piece!
Making Final Project
For my final piece I wanted to make my retelling into the shape of the jar from the story, containing Hope inside. However, I quickly found this was much easier said than done.
Writing My Retelling
In order to write my retelling of Pandora's myth I turned to my favourite sources that contained her myth. Regrettably, out of the bookshelf of books on mythology I own, only two contained the story of Pandora's Jar.
My Second and Chosen Idea
To come up with an idea I wanted to develop further and eventually submit for this project I returned to what my idea of hope was. I very quickly found that because of my love of mythology in all forms whenever I thought of hope I immediately returned to the myth of Pandora's Jar.
First Ideas
My original idea for this project was to produce a small book made up of a collection of myths. My idea was to include as many different myths, from as many different mythologies as possible that were linked through the theme of hope. However, after I had made my initial plan (see above) it quickly became a very complex and involved task. Much to my dismay, I had to abandon this idea, so quickly started to think of more.