Picture 1:Destructive Thoughts, Picture 2:Thought Combustion
Journaling is something I've been doing for years. It's how I get out all of my thoughts and feelings. I'll write poems and draw little sketches. Or just write about my day. The crumpled up papers in front of the journal in the second photo represent all of the feelings I've put inside my journal that are strong and fierce and could jump out of the journal. It was hard to figure out how I wanted to place the pieces of paper outside of the journal, I decided to have them on either side of the journal to get a better feel for the many thoughts my journal 'throws out'. I'm thankful I was able to come up with something more creative than five different angles of my journal. Especially being able to express exactly what my journal means to me. I use my journal as a way to vent and I usually don't show it to anyone. Taking pictures of it was interesting in that way. |
Picture 1:I Can't Hear You, Picture 2:Louder
I absolutely love music. I can really relate to songs. I love analyzing the lyrics. I love when I can feel the bass of the song move through my body, it's exhilarating. I also love learning how to play songs on the piano and singing with them. I tend to keep the singing to myself though. These headphones block out outside noise and increase the bass, which I love. I'm able to focus on the emotions of the songs and the way the bass moves throughout my body. It was a little tricky for me to think of creative ways to picture these. I ended up taking five different angles and really making the blue of the headphones pop out. |
Picture 1:Colorsss, Picture 2:Lightsss
This is a wooden snake I painted while I was in the hospital. The snake has meaning to me because although I was in such a dark place I painted the snake so brightly. This really represents the resilience I had at that time. Having a little color really pulled me through, and reminded me that there is still light. I keep this snake on my desk now beside my bed, just like it was in the hospital. I really made sure that the colors were bright in the picture because that is what the snake is for. Brightness. I used a white background so that the colors on the snake would really pop out from the picture no matter what angle I used. Although it's dinky and old the snake reminds me of the brightness in the world. It was hard to get a good picture of the front of the snake because of the awkward shape of its mouth. |
Picture 1:Ready for Combat, Picture 2:Small Steps
I wear these everyday. No matter the weather, season, occasion. I've always worn my combat boots. They've gone everywhere I have. Seen everything I've seen. I've definitely beaten up quite a few pairs of combat boots because of how often I wear them. I can't really think of a particular reason as to why I love them so much. All I can say is I've worn them pretty much religiously since the 6th grade. When I pixelated them I wanted to make them look a little more worn in the second picture. When taking these pictures I tried to get a good balance of having both shoes and just one in the picture. |
Picture 1:Ride On, Picture 2:Strides
When I was younger I named this horse Zeus. I've been riding horses for about four years now. I ride at Ceder Ridge Equestrian Center. This horse looks a lot like the first horse I rode there, whose name happened to be Zeus. Not only do I like riding horses, I like building relationships with them. It takes a lot of trust to let someone ride you, and equal amount of trust to let such a large creature take you over jumps taller than you. I used to sleep with this horse all the time because it reminded me of all the fun times at the barn. Although I no longer ride Zeus, this horse brings back good memories from my early days of riding. Positioning the horse wasn't too hard. I was able to have fun with the different angles I could picture it. Especially since I'm not riding as frequently anymore, it's nice to be reminded of the barn and all the horses there. |