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Erin In order for my mask to fully represent who I am, I wanted it to be vibrant, colorful, and eye-catching. I began painting in multi-colored hair because I am constantly dyeing my own hair to fit my mood. When I began painting my mask, my hair was reddish and now, as I write this, it is blond. I painted a musical staff across my face to show my love for music and a few of my favorite bands. The staff also represents composition, my band, and my love for playing music as well. Thus far in my life I have learned to play guitar and saxophone. I can’t wait to learn how to play something else. Moving on, I feel like I have a lot of freedom living in
The flowers represent the beauty and serenity I seek in life in order to put all the other chaos aside. The flowers sort of contrast the purple leopard spots which represent my adventurous, “wild” side. I also painted a black lace veil to show how at times I don’t think people see the real me. In school my peers view me as the “smart girl” or the “girl with the high average” but I’m more than that. Outside of school, none of my friends have any idea as to how I perform in school. I am not a completely different person in school and out of school, but I think a lot of the time people weigh grades too heavily. Finally, as if I didn’t have enough already, I painted my rendition of Our Lady of Sorrows. Our Lady of Sorrows is a religious figure in Catholicism. I am not very religious, but I painted it to represent my gender and this personality trait I have to take on everyone’s burdens. I think that her image is so beautiful but her heart has to suffer so much pain. It is in my nature to do as much for someone as physically and mentally possible. I really want to be a doctor or do something to put this quality to use. |