I can’t even begin to tell how much time I spent creating several drafts of this project, both on paper and in my mind. First, I started off wanting to make a poster that portrayed my interpretation of home. I thought the feeling of home was lacking in my life, so I tried to create that image through my poster by thinking about the kind of life I wanted to provide for my future children. However, along the way, I realized that the image would be too complicated for me to execute, and it really wasn’t me. The whole point of the project was to advertise myself, and when I thought about who I really am, I realized that I am very simple, yet very complicated. Since I wanted to give people the real me, I decided I wouldn’t hide anything with makeup or hairstyling. Instead, I simply pulled all my hair back and took a picture of my bare face and a locket around my neck.

I’ve had that locket since I was a little girl. I begged my mom to buy me a locket after watching the movie “A Little Princess.” We searched for a whole day, trying to find the perfect locket. Finally, at the last store we went to, there it was. As soon as I had it in my possession, I immediately began digging through photo albums, trying to find the perfect-sized pictures of my parents that would fit in my locket. My mom and I found them together, and she helped me cut out the faces and place them inside the locket with glass covering them.

Despite my simplicity in attire and wardrobe, that locket always reminds me that there’s so much more to me than a face and a body. I have drive, dedication, and persistence. I will not stop until I get exactly what I want. My needs are simple, but my wants are complex. Everything that I am composed of, internally and externally, makes me who I am. This project allowed me to really dig deep, and artistically define myself through a picture.

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