As I began to think about this project, I ultimately thought about myself and my personality as the starting point. Some of my characteristics are that I am : thoughtful, giving, involved, always interested, organized, confusing, contemplative, resourceful, emotional, conscientious, influential, artistic. On the other hand negative aspects of my personality are that I am sometimes unmotivated, easily frustrated, un-persuasive, and hard to compromise with. I also though about what makes me unique, what makes me, me. I love not matching, I wear odd necklaces usually with large pennants or designs on them. I love colors and photography more than almost anything. I typically have dreams of extravagant vacations and of dream houses. I have always wanted to pursue a career in the art field since I was little. It started as an interest in fashion design, then interior design, then textile and architectural design, then art teaching, and ultimately to photography and graphic design. I like to sleep a lot, and on the same note I do my best work under pressure. I always read and think into issues too deeply. I often spiral things out of proportion. Something that is a small issue or deal to you, is most likely a huge issue for me. Despite my issue, I try to make light of every situation, life could always be worse in some way. I become emotionally attached to people too easily, and I trust people very easily. Change is inevitable, so I have learned to deal with it.
I began to think about my relationship to the world, to the people and places I interact with. This made me really think because I am not sure I can answer all of those. To be honest, I have never really thought of what my place in the world is. There are billions of people and how is it possible for me to stand out? I feel it is a pessimistic question to ask, but in other terms I, as a person in this world, do not have to be anything but myself. I only matter for my family and friends and the things that I believe in. I love my family, I love my friends. We live for each other, and in my mind that is all I really care about.
Back to the descriptions of myself though, if I could paint myself abstractly and descriptively, this is how I would do it. I would represent the color light purple. Light purple is said to be a color represented by creative and conscientious people. I love sunsets, so any color included in a sunset would be colors I would love to work with. Bright yellows, beach side oranges, and pastel pinks describe me. I am calm, quiet, sometimes reserved, sometimes talkative, inviting, friendly, and welcoming. Colors more natural, ethereal, and dark would not represent me as well. I am not pessimistic, moody, a hippie, nor a naturalist. I would probably take the shape of an abstract, un-organic shape because I am a complicated and ever-changing person. If light was an element, there would be a lot of light because I am an open person and I also love the daylight.
After all of my speculation I think I am going to artistically and abstractly try to represent myself in multiple pieces. I want to include similar color in all of the pieces, and also use repeated shapes ( ones I will create myself or find on the internet). I will probably use a lot of light, maybe using the technique of over-exposing parts of my pictures, or incorporated pictures. I also may want to incorporate black and white imagery for my past. Like black and white is the past and as I am moving on in life the pictures become more colorful. In the end though I am looking to represent me with some of my emotions and somehow represent them, then have my alternate sides of myself ( such as the side that is too trusting or unpersuasive). I plan on creating about 4 pieces all relating involving my 4 main colors and hues and values related to them. I want to include a lot of originality in these images and a lot of techniques I have learned in Photoshop as well.
Some symbols and images I would like to include are a lock and key, maybe fantasy dream houses, some of the necklaces and pennants I own, cameras, line and abstract shading/forms. I would like to somehow include some sort of imagery that shows how I blow small issues out of proportion. I might also want to include crowds of people throughout my project to illustrate how I feel about having my own place in the world ; feeling like just one other person in the crowd. Despite that note, I want all parts of my project to be bright and colorful.
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