For my drawing assignment, I attempted to use my body to
represent my inner thoughts – where my mind is at this point in time. I wanted
to combine conflicting ideas – chaos and serenity, completeness and
incompleteness – within one piece. The goal was to create a sort of imbalance
that may appear to be symmetrical and uniform at first glance. These conflicting
forms of imagery reflect how I feel about myself at the moment – in one sense
very put together and on the right track, but all the while bursting with
ideas, constantly confused and at times unmotivated.
I drew
myself in a serene pose to reflect my outward view of myself. I am good at
hiding my emotions and often show the world a content and fairly ordinary
version of myself. Most of my body shows a range of values while a couple areas
(my face and hands) are very flat and two dimensional, with hard lines. This
shift in style within the figure is meant to show incompleteness. My head is
the source of my creative spirit and my hands are the way I communicate these
ideas through art and writing. Being so young, and in the transitional stage
between college and the real world, while I enjoy creating work, nothing I
create lately ever seems to feel complete. It is as if I am missing certain
bits of knowledge or enlightenment that I have not received yet. The idea is
that as I grow and learn, those vital areas of myself will become filled in
overtime as well as the rest of me.
I also
drew shapes and designs pouring out of my ears and spilling around me. These
images represent my mind and the way I think. On the left I have varying
patterns and doodles, symbolizing the chaotic cloud of ideas in my head. They
represent my creativity, but also the clutter of my mind. These doodles all
deviate from typical strict patterns. I sought to create a sense of randomness
within these designs to emulate the natural flow of imagination. The dark cloud
on the right is representative of both the dark side of my mind (the thoughts I
try to hide) as well as the feelings of laziness and lack of inspiration that
sometimes creeps in at my worst moments. These two sides of me are constantly
at odds, and the way I have represented them is as if they are exploding out of
my brain and running wild. The overall theme of the piece is the conflict of
the opposing forces I feel inside.
All in
all, the piece aims to show both the differences between my inward and outward
self, as well as the differences between the types of feelings and thoughts
that are part of my inward self. With this assignment I was able to work with value
and line drawing, as well as pattern and design. It was a challenge to create a
piece that shows my inner self, but through creating it, I was able to ask myself
questions that may help me to understand more of who I am and where I am going.
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