Student 14

(question 5) In your own words, describe your self-portrait and the style of art it represents. Please try to explain your use of line, shape, color and texture and what is conveys to you.

My sellf protrait is built on a square base. The base is blue, representing my calm, down to earth side. The Square also represents my practical personality. On the square is a triangle based pyramid. The triangle symbolizes stability. Around the pyramid is the Clear, wrap with colorful squares on it, representing my bright, fun and and easy going side, and the transparent material says that its easy to get to know the real me. On the inside is the real me. There inside is found a fire, made of triangles, of bright colors, arranged in a circle. The triangles represent the i am stable and goal oriented, where as the red, yellow, and orange colors represent my firey emotions and passion. the Circle in the middle is a representation of my wholeness and completeness.

(question 6)Please explain how you used ideas from the resources on the self we studied. Did you consciously use ideas from or react to any of the following resources in your self-portrait: the psychological theories of self? The Rilke discussion of "faces," "hands," or "costumes"? The Asian views of the self? The examples from art of non-representational self-portraits? Please clearly explain what ideas from these sources you integrated into your self-portrait and why.

My protrait would be most based areound the Rilke discussion of faces, hands, and costumes. My protrait is two-fold, the 1st part, or the outside, is the way that most people view me, who dont know me very well. the inside is the real me, who the people closest me me know. This is me, but the outer image is merely a face or costume.

(question 7) In what ways do these different disciplinary resources agree with one another on the question of what is the self?

They all agree that not only is the self different for every one of us, but that we may not even know the true self inside of us, or not to the fullest extent.

(question 8) In what ways do they conflict with each other on the question of what is the self?

These thoeries conflict with each other in ways. The Freud theory of the self is that even the human is 90% unsure of there own self, but other theories suggest that we can find that true self within us if we only try to find it.

(question 9) Does your self-portrait try to reconcile these ideas or did you choose a particular postion to convey? Why?

My self portrait conveys the particular position of Rilke and the costues. Sometimes we find ourselves masking the true person to get a reaction from someone or to fit in in the crowd, but the true test is self is what you are when no one is around but you.

(question 11) In our unit on the self, is there a right answer to the question of what the self is? If not, what is your reaction to our inability to provide a clear answer one way or the other on this issue?

I truely think that there is a true defenition as to what the self is, and i think this is found only when no one is around, but there lies the question as to wether or not anyone else can view your true self.

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