Self Portrait:

How did you represent yourself?
I represented myself as someone family orientated, who travels a lot, spending a lot of the time on trains or modes of transportation. Then when i’m not out, i’m at home in my room. I think that kind of portrays myself to be black and white – in or out, away or at home.

How did others represent themselves?
Some were obviously things that are important to them on an everyday timeframe, their surroundings, their environment/s that they interact in. Others’ pieces were a bit more in depth, with a larger thought process of  what they actually wanted to show to others, while still showing something personal.

This is a bunch of kilobytes – how does it become you?
I don’t really think it can properly become you as such, it is a representation of me, but can never fully represent who you are. I suppose it gives a glimpse into my thoughts, what I deem important to myself and my life. It’s hard to perceive a list of files as a complex human being with a just as equal complex mind. On that level, it must reflect something psychological about what I want to share and how my mind works when I begin to associate anything with the term “self – portrait”.

Expressing yourself is difficult when it comes to showing yourself in a different light. As a media student, everything is mostly about expression and creativity, but this task was different. It was definitely a challenge for me.  I overthought it at the beginning, thinking of it as a make it or break it, unleashing every single piece of creativity within me to make me seem like a force to be reckoned with. Then I realised that I was being a bit dramatic, the product wasn’t being marked and was essentially to get us thinking and doing. It has been useful in the sense that I can now think about how I portrayed myself and how others creatively portrayed themselves, taking that into the next project. It has encouraged me to tackle the task in perhaps a different way, attacking it from a more abstract point of view.