What is variation?

Variation is “a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within certain limits.”

On googles dictionary, it also defines as “a different or distinct form or version of something.”

My first thoughts on how to approach this noun which appears as part of our exam theme, is to explore differences in objects or people. Straight away, I felt that I could base my exam on simple, everyday things, such as everyday routines that people do, as well as everyday objects, such as food, flowers, shoes and so on. Most people do similar things every morning, like brushing their teeth, eating breakfast, and travelling to school/work in a car, a bus or walking or cycling. This leads me onto the other part of the exam theme, which is ‘similarity’.

What is similarity?

Similarity is “a similar feature or aspect.” Google’s example of the noun in a sentence is “the similarities between people of different nationalities.”

I feel that similarity can be explored in many interesting ways; for example, people and families would be interesting due to how family have similar features, like face shape, skin and colour so taking a portrait approach would be intriguing. Additionally, people and bodies is another portrait approach that could be successful because everyone has the same body parts, yet linking to the other part of the exam theme ‘variation’, everyone’s body parts and features varies due to DNA.

My broad range of aspects to focus in on for this exam is bringing me new ideas that I could explore. Below is a mind map of some ideas that I have come up with: