Fifth Journal from 2/16/2010

25 images: Representative Self-portrait.
(Order of images to be rearranged at any time, ie: not a set format)

-Frida Kahlo:Lo Que el Aqua Me Dio (What the Water Gave me) and Las Dos Fridas (The Two Fridas)
-Andy Goldsworthy: Ice Spiral: Treesoul
-Sandro Botticelli: The Birth of Venus
-Artemisia Gentileschi: Giuditta che decapita Oloferne (Judith Slaying Holofernes)
-1929 Disney Silly Symphony short: The Skeleton Dance
-My self portrait from high school
-Image of my ceramics work on exhibition (at Duke and UNCG)
-'Self portrait' with metal piece in studio
-Video self portrait done in Design II
-Image of a sunflower and/or lotus flower
-Photo of my tattoos
-2-3 of my modeling images
-Plate of cookies: chocolate chip, turtle, macadameia nut, snickerdoodle, sugar, and peanut butter
-Cropped image of wax dripped on body/BDSM image
-Old family photo from 91 or 93
-Image of the moon cycle
-Picture of me and Ruthie pouring molten metals
-Photo with me and my best friend Katie at the beach (this past summer)
-New Years Eve 2010 group pic
-My senior page (GHHS 06)
-Movie still from the Nightmare Before Christmas
-Group picture after warped tour (when I had black hair)
-Shot of the woods/forest/mountians/beach at different times of day
-The image I found on tumblr about a photograph and its meaning ('do you sense how all the parts of a good picture are involved with each other, not just placed side by side? art is a creation for the eye and can only be hinted at with words ')
-Image of my pets (2 leopard geckos and 1 kitty) and my friend and family's pets
-Ariel shot of UNCG campus
-Picture with my old best friend Autumn from a show in 2003
-Picture in Ohio with my cousin Jenna in her Barbie Jeep
-Warped Tour picture with Tiger Army
-An image I took of my niece Grace painting..she was so focused, brings a tear to my eye
-Baby picture with me and pawpa
-Image of skeleton keys
-Link to my blogspot (hey, you're already here!)

...as you can tell, I thought of more than 25 images...and could have kept going, and probably will some day. I feel that I can be represented in many different ways, 25 is far too limiting.