{"id":24648,"date":"2016-02-29T11:27:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T18:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=24648"},"modified":"2018-08-18T09:29:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T15:29:30","slug":"imagined-dna-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/project\/imagined-dna-soundtrack\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagined DNA Soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;SC player Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F201346602&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1080&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Project descrText&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Imagined DNA Portraits: Soundtrack<\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Created for the 2016 RPM Challenge<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After 20 years of studying my Dorsey family genealogy through historical records and DNA research, I\u2019m inspired by\u00a0the information collected and I have begun painting a\u00a0series of portraits of the Dorsey males that I descend from. Immediately I am faced with a dilemma. I don&#8217;t know what most of these men looked like. I know we share a common DNA signature that has been passed down generation after generation, so the project began with an <strong>Imagined DNA Portrait<\/strong> of each man. These new\u00a0portraits\u00a0depict\u00a0the \u201cimagined\u201d DNA strand each of the men in my direct line of ancestors. Each Dorsey male before me has\u00a0passed on an exact copy of\u00a0his DNA markers,\u00a0from father to son, generation to generation . With less than a .001% possibility of mutation over the course of 20 generations, it is fascinating to know\u00a0that I\u00a0share something unique and perfectly preserved with these men.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Beginning with the pioneer John Dorsey, who moved his family from\u00a0Maryland to the wilderness of Virginia, this project includes the next 8 generations of Dorsey men who, for the most part, \u00a0lived their lives near the very same banks of 20 Mile Creek that John originally settled on. \u00a0It\u00a0could be called\u00a0a 200 year history of the Dorseys of West Virginia. Their wives and children and occupations and every bit of information I know of them are all elements of\u00a0consideration as I create these Imagined DNA Portraits.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_3=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_3=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_4=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_4=&#8221;off&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Pioneer Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#00bbe3&#8243; border_style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pioneer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>John and Arah <\/strong>were married on Sept 28, 1791 in Baltimore, MD and soon afterwards, they were awarded land grants and ventured into the wilderness of Virginia. I imagine their journey, a wagon full of kids and supplies, an axe and a saw to build their first home, settling on the banks of Twenty Mile Creek. They probably brought very few things, like pots and pans, the clothes on their backs, a horse, a cow, blankets, a rifle, a bible and an old iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Blacksmith Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Blacksmith<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Samuel and Nancy <\/strong>were married August 30, 1823 in Nicholas County, Virginia. After having 11 children together, Nancy died leaving\u00a0Samuel, a blacksmith, alone to raise a family. He soon remarried Miriam, a sweet woman that knew there was no way he could do the job alone. During this time, the telegraph was invented and I imagined Samuel trying to communicate with his late wife to explain why he remarried one of her girlfriends.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Farmer Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Farmer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Franklin and Nancy &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Franklin was a kind farmer who was well liked. He died in a sawmill accident, helping someone\u00a0ca.1877. I compared him and Nancy to Adam and Eve, the first farmer and wife.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Horse Trader Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Horse Trader<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Samuel W and Mary \u2013 <\/strong>were married December 19, 1878 in Clay County, WV. Samuel was a horse trader, among other things, and family tradition tells us that Mary was a beautiful woman. The telephone was invented during their lives, so I imagined the joy\u00a0that Mary would&#8217;ve\u00a0experienced, having a telephone. 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Libby was born in\u00a0Scotland and came to West Virginia with her family in the late 1800&#8217;s. They moved to Pittsburgh soon after they married, where they had 5 boys and a girl. &#8220;Uncle Ben&#8221;, as he liked to be called, would ask his grandchildren, &#8220;What&#8217;s my name?&#8221; and if they answered correctly, he gave them a nickel.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Coin Collector Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Coin Collector<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Robert and\u00a0Mildred &#8211; (My grandparents)\u00a0<\/strong>They lived in Brownsville, Texas after retiring from Union\u00a0Carbide in South Charleston, WV. Grandpa collected coins and bought me a coin collection kit when I was very young. I remember sitting on the floor with him looking through a pile of coins. One time he came to visit us and when we were looking through our collections, I had a penny that he didn&#8217;t have. It was a 1944 steel penny. I was so excited to give it to him, as it was the only penny missing from his book. I was named after him and gave both Hondo and Ruby a &#8220;W&#8221; middle name.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Salesman Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Salesman<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>David and Diane \u2013 (My parents)\u00a0<\/strong>Dad hitch hiked to Florida from West Virginia in 1960. He worked at Uncle Curt&#8217;s gas station in Claremont. He worked for him for a while and was offered a sales job with Nabisco and soon after, a job with Kraft Foods. Dad was awarded a Jade Ring for Top Sales. 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