Student 19

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 self-portrait had tin-foil as the background. The foil reflects things and i think that this symbolizes how I act how Like people would expect me to act instead of how I would really act. It also shows a big red heart, which shows my love for others and how I get my feelings hurt easily because I am a sensative person. There were also words on my portrait such as listening, honesty, and jealousy. All of these words are characteristics of myself. There were also music notes which show my love for music and singing. Last, there were spirals which represent my changing and growing lifestyle.

(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.

I didn't use any of these resources in making my self-portrait.

(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?

NO, I dont think there is a right answer. Everyone is different and has their own opinion of their own self.

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