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I chose to do the personal narrative essay on images that describe my personality, because I think that you can actually learn a lot about yourself when thinking of the main reasons why you gravitate towards certain images. When looking through these websites, I did not have a specific theme in mind, or anything that would connect the images together, I was simply looking for images that I like. While at first glance there appears to be relatively little that connects a map-purse, a chair, and scrabble letters in a mug, I think that the images all have elements of creativity in the sense that they are someone's art work, or they have been "repurposed".
I chose the purse because I always carry a purse, and I seem to have a growing collection. Travelling is one of my many favourite things, and the map represents my various trips and aspirations for future endeavours and adventures. The recovered office chair is fabulous because it is green, my favourite colour, and I think that recovering chairs is an excellent and cost effective way to change a boring study space. I did a similar project, but it did not turn out as nicely as the one pictured above. The final image of the scrabble pieces in the coffee cup represent my love for words and writing (and perhaps competitive board game tendencies).
In all of these images, the pieces in question are all set against a plain background, so that the viewer's eye is not distracted. The pieces are all very simple looking, there are no words to describe the process of the creation or why they were created, the pieces must be strong enough to speak for themselves. I find all of these images are visually appealing in colour, with one bold colour that stands out: blue in the map, green for the chair, and brown in the coffee. The pieces in all three are very rounded, with few straight lines or hard edges.
I think this is an interesting way to approach this assignment, and I have only one question: why did you chose to use what are, essentially, found images to construct a narrative about yourself? I think you've already begun to construct a narrative, so I have no doubt you can do that. I do, however, think you need to address, even briefly, why you're not using what others might consider to be more personal images to develop a story about yourself. How do these images reveal more about you than images that include you?
ReplyDeleteIs your thesis the notion that people learn aspects of themselves through pictures they naturally gravitate toward? Or, is it that the three pictures you chose have many subjective similarities even though they may seem objectively different? Both takes on the subject are interesting, and appealing to the reader. I would just be sure not to get too broad, resulting in an argument that needs more than 750 words to sufficiently prove.
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