I felt a bit lost in terms of the idea of creating a ‘creative self portrait’. It seems almost indulgent and maybe not a very honest portrayal of myself, if i am creating it. I was stuck when thinking of myself in terms of what describes or defines me, as i thought of this as something close friend and people around you are more aware of than you are yourself. In our tutorial we were given time to fully explore project brief one and plan out what we could gather for our self portraits. It has taken me longer than expected to understand what the purpose of this project is for. However i think now I’ve come more to terms with the idea of projecting myself in an honest way, but also showing others what i want them to see about me. It in some ways this could be an intrusive exercise, but really what it comes down to is expressing myself and creating an abstract representation of myself. Ive become more excited by this element of the project and being able to identifying things in my life that i enjoy or that have shaped. It seems like an engaging and thought provoking way to begin this media course…