Wk 3 – Post Self-Portrait

As Dan mentioned, these media artefacts are “just a bunch of kilobytes” until we attach them to stories for meaning.

With that being said, it was strange to see my peers delve into my work and try to get a better understanding of who I think I am. Until that point I didn’t realise how personal I was getting with the various representations of myself and to some extent, I felt exposed.

It’s flattering to hear that my work was honest but I had to stop and think to myself, is it? There’s so much I haven’t revealed or that I’ve kept secret and I’m not 100% certain whether these images truly reflect me. Haven’t we all just provided pieces of an identity that we may or may not have forged?

Before I get too philosophical and start sounding like a wanker, I guess that my next aim for the graded piece is to remain as abstract as I’ve been but perhaps through highlighting a different part of my life further…

What my friends and I found the most interesting was the fact that you can click on anyone’s blog and receive a general idea about them – all without ‘knowing’ them or recognising their face in the halls.