It was really hard for me to even come up with an idea of what I wanted to do for this project, I tried a lot of different things, with a lot of different pictures. But nothing felt right. Until I had the idea of creating my self portrait around a picture of my grandma that I had scanned last week. Once I stuck to that idea, it led me to this.
I used 6 different pictures, and they each have a separate meaning.
-The scan of the book is one of my favorite series ever, it's called A Series Of Unfortunate Events, and it's about 3 children who are orphaned at a young age, and wherever they go they are always followed by evil and unfortunate events. But the moral of the story is that no matter what happens to them, they have each other, and together they can make it through any series of unfortunate events. And I think that in my life there have been a lot of negative things, but a lot more happy moments. And without my friends and family I wouldn't have made it through those moments.
-There's a picture of candles, symbolizing growth, hope, and happiness.
-The picture of the bleeding fingers represents all the pain, and disappointments I've had in my life. And that nothing is perfect.
-The picture of my mother represents the love, and support I have in my life. My mom is my best friend. And I would be a very very different person without her. I tell her everything, and she supports me in whatever I do, she's my voice of reason, and I look up to her more than anyone else in my life. She's strong, hardworking, and puts her children first before anything else. I could never be half the person she is today.
-The picture of my sister represents the child in myself. Most people would say that my sister and I are two very different people. She's a social butterfly, and I'm the shy artsy one. But when we're together it's like we're the same goofy person. We've been through hard times, and good times and we tell each other everything we can't tell my mom.
-The picture of my grandmother is the most important. She was my best friend, and she taught me a lot of things without even meaning to. She taught me not to be afraid of who I am, and that you should always try your hardest. Even though she passed away 2 years ago, I still feel like I could walk to her house and find her reading on the porch. Even though I'm not religious, I like to think that my grandparents are together and that they're looking down at me laughing at all the crazy things I'm doing.
My mom, sister, and grandma are the three most important people in my life, they've helped mold me into the person I am today, and a self portrait without them isn't really a self portrait.
