Self Portrait Final Project

This photo represents a little bit of each person I've become 

during my high school experience. There's the me I've always been 

who spends her time reading books. There's the me who watches television

because I have nothing else to do and no one will try to tell me it's wrong.

 There's the me who is super awkward and feels alone in the world 

some times and would choose Hank Green over normal people. 

There's the me who isn't afraid to be herself and will gladly lay 

on the table for the perfect photo. There's the me who wears sun glasses

because I'm "too cool for school" as my father would say. There's the me 

who chooses to cosplay to express who I am within, not on the outside.

And then there's my dog who I am slowly becoming because I like to lay

on the floor and sleep for hours with her and the cat (more importantly,

she refused to leave so she's in all the pictures). 

 This photo represents feeling alone in a world where everyone

is exactly the same. You try to break free but there is no escape
from who they want you to be. This causes you to really think
about who you want to become in life. Everyone expects so much
 out of you and thus you break down and go into solitaire to think
about what you want, not what they say you want. If you always
listen to what others want for you, how can you become yourself?

This represents being the only lively and colorful thing in a world 

of black and white. My colors may just be white and red, not that

you can actually see that my eyes are red, but my colors are still

far brighter then all the other surrounding me. This is because

I'm not afraid to be myself and express the goofy side of me. I may 

be extremely shy, but once I find something that makes me happy, 

I don't care what others have to say about me and how I'm acting.
Lots of cars may have driven slowly past me so they could stare
at the small child with the white hair and reds, but I just smile
and nod my head. They don't bother me, not anymore. 

This represents breaking free from the dark times and letting
your true colors shine, even when it feels impossible.

Two girls fight for their spot in the spotlight or in this case, a
bathroom mirror as they get ready for school. Too often do we
shove others aside to get our own turn in being the best. If
everyone took the time to share, we could all be better friends.

 They say that if you go out more, you'll make friends. My
whole life I've been told, "Good job you made one friend, how
about we go out and make some more. You can never have too
many friends". While this may be true for some, it is not for me.
I'm happy with one or two close friends that I can trust and
depend on. Sometimes my closest friend may be my cat, but
she makes me happy and won't leave me when she finds
someone better. I'll always be the one and only person out
there for her and that's all I need at the end of the day.

 Being left out of the world you feel you belong in, sucks. But
what if you never really belonged? What if your whole life,
you've been waiting for someone to show up at your door
to whisk you away on a thousand adventures? You'd visit far
away galaxies and learn new languages. You'd no longer reach
for the stars, you'd be touching them. And for a thousand years,
you'd feel as if nothing else mattered but traveling the stars.

In an attempt to reenact one of my favorite movie scenes, I 

realized something about my life. 

A young child is locked out of everything that comforts them. 

Does this change that child? Do they feel lost amongst the stars

for the rest of their life and feel as if no one can ever really 

understand them?