The conflict

• What is the subject of your image?

-The subject of my image is myself. There are two versions of myself. The one on the left is my present self, while the image on the right in a broken, older version of myself. 

• What is the content of your image?

-The content of my image is yet again myself, because I want to show that this is me, This is what you are getting and when you ask me to describe myself this is my reply. Meaning that, I am self love. I am confident, and with my confidence I have the ability to do anything, be anything I choose to be, wear whatever I please, love whoever I choose to, defend what I believe in, and so on. With the ability to be whole again.

• Why did you make the choices that led to the composition?

- I drew my eyes black with the words,"I am self love" because I wanted to make a statement that now I see my self worth. The only thing I see is my self worth and my self love. With that I believe I can make a change, and enjoy life to the fullest. My mouth is wide open to show that my mouth will not stay shut. I will open my mouth, so that you will hear what I have to say. Regardless you are not going anywhere until you hear me and I will make you hear me. I will fight for my rights, I will defend myself. As for the glass shattered pieces, I made that concept to allow the viewers to question who is that or what is that. The shattered glass pieces is what I view as my old self. Before I did not have the strength to believe in myself. I felt like I was dangerous to others cause I was this huge ball of sadness and negativity. If you got too close you would get hurt. I also decided to twist that and add the, "you need me" because sometimes there are moments where a bit of doubt can come my way, however that doesn't stop me from being okay with that because with the way things are going in this awful world that we live in, it can be quite understanding for anyone or someone even so positive to get upset. In my head, I just seen it as someone taunting you. Last but not least, the box. The box says "see you later," this pairs along with the taunting line I created "you need me." When in reality I don't need you. I don't need that negativity. 

• What do you think this image conveys to the viewers?

-What I hope this image conveys to the viewers would be hope, strength, and confidence. Things will eventually get better. They might see anger, a conflict between the present self and past self. Self defense, courage, confusion, etc. 

• What artists have influenced your self portrait?

-Leonora Carrington influenced my self image project.

• What techniques have you used to create your self portrait?

-I used rubber bands to create my curly hair, a broken CD painted with red blood to display a broken version of myself, acrylic paint to add some color of pop and boldness.