Revisiting My Artistic Side

Let me craft this opening in a way so you don’t perceive me as a dirty individual…I’m not a dirty person, or even traditionally messy. I am, however, very unorganized.

So I wake up one morning about two weeks ago and I take a look around my room and all I see is a lack of organization. There’s things sitting in places that they shouldn’t be, and there were even things sitting on my desk etc that shouldn’t even be in my room ( I found a bag of plastic spoons of all things) So I spent the next three days cleaning out my room from top to bottom all while inhaling unhealthy layers of dust in the process until I was completely satisfied with the outcome.

In the process of doing so, I ended up finding a couple of my old sketch pads from when I used to draw almost every hour of every day(and I’m not exaggerating) and I come across this art project I had to do for my Art Appreciation class back in 2008.

To give you some background about this project, we had to put together a picture in any format that best represented ourselves as individuals. It could be of anything, it didn’t even have to contain a human form as long as the picture contained enough information to describe the “artist” (aka the student) I’m sure there were a couple of other minor details that had to be included with it being a final and all but that was the gist of it.

But not only did I find the picture, but I found the list of descriptions that breaks down the symbolism within the picture itself. Not that it’s some kind of amazing piece of art, but I truly think that it painted a pretty good picture of who I was as a person at age 18-19.

And here’s the breakdown for each picture:

Teddy Bear:

• Heart On Sleeve:Willingness to bare emotions,Openness, Sincere, Won’t conceal
• Cross Necklace: Religion Based, Faith, Importance of God in life, follows religious practices
• “Just Me” on Shirt: Nothing dramatic, What you see is what you get, not looking to impress
• Bandage on Toe: Permanent memory of recent pain, Physical toenail loss
• Bear(Bare) Feet: Laid Back, Comfortable in my Own Skin
• Sealed/Stitched Mouth: Braces/ Jaw Surgery-potential to smile was/is hampered by both aspects
• Teddy Bear Itself: Symbol of youthfulness, innocence, almost childlike in nature
• Eyes: tired, almost dull/melancholy, maybe potential hardships, lonelinesTeddy Bear with Mask:
• Heart On Necklace: It’s gold with hues to display an ice cold heart
• “Today’s Fashion” On Shirt: trendy, relevant clothing that isn’t constantly worn
• Mask Itself: A Cover Up/facade, an expressionless, motionless face. It hides the bear face from others, but the the mask can always be removed along with the necklace to show what’s truly underneath.

South Park Character

• Lack of Heart: it’s been replaced with the flag of my culture, it’s currently not something that needs to be shown/displayed
• “Too Cool To Care” on Shirt: Others’ opinions are irrelevant, confident enough to do my own thing.
• Ipod: Love of music, love to listen, discuss, promote, and at times even make it.
• Headphones: Block out others’ opinions, focuses more on what’s inside my head
• Facial Expression: Cheerful, optimistic, bright, enjoyment of entertainment
• Character Itself: Associated with humor, provides entertainment, comedian

And that’s it for now… Looking it over it surely did bring back some memories of what was currently happening in my life at that point. In my next post I’ll go more into depth and try to recollect the inspiration behind each piece.