For those of you who noticed, after all this time, my actual face, no makeup, plus glasses, is my Disqus Icon. I might changed the photo. The drawing, however, in the background, I think I want to stay
It required a huge push from a number of people. I’ve been Iconless for a while. I wanted to use my twitter Icon, or my facebook Icon, but it kept getting ruined in the transfer over. I have no idea why. You’ll see that they’re essentially self portraits of myself that I did for the web.
I feel strange. Exposed. It’s a long overdue step. I’m finally confident enough that probably none of you will hurt me (that’s good). I feel confident enough to step out of AVC/Disqus land into other places, both online and real (Also good).
That being said, I own up the fact that I’m a girly-girl, an art lover, and I live in shoe-lovers land. Majority of people I interact with in the internet spaces I travel, won’t be that person. I can’t talk to them in that same plane. Not only is it isolating sometimes, it’s scary.
In reality, I’m physically smaller than the lot of you (about 115 pounds, 5’6 and I’m working out to gain weight). There is information about me hanging around the web, and more to come, if you know what you are doing (this is not hard people). Someone I don’t really know could come and find me and decide whatever.
It’s why I chose that drawing in the background. Yes, that is me. Yes, I’m wearing the same jacket as my own drawing. Yes if I were feeling really silly I could dress up as my own drawing. The other three drawings, are frightening. They’re not for internet consumption, under normal circumstances. It’s the same girl, always naked, at the feet of monsters and mysterious controlling hands. As I said, not for usual public consumption. This is the same person, afterward. Folk art with high level feminist twists. I’ve move (mostly*) away from this kind of art, though it will always be in me.
To those who try and hurt me: There is a reason that drawing, in this set, is my self potrait. The others in the same set are not. They are elements of pasts that have hurt me, though I have grown from. That person, in the drawing that is behind me in that photo, (otherwise known as me), will stare you down forever. It was hard to take my own photo, because I kept staring at my own drawing’s eyes (or myself, rather). You will have to stare me down, for that character, who is also me, is my future. She is successful, strong and thoughtful. And if I can’t escape my own eyes in my own drawing, you will not either. I may be exposed; like my drawing, it’s on my terms, and in my own words. Don’t even try. It is why you could never convince me to sell this one drawing. Why would I sell my strengths my opinions of how I will develop?
I would change the photo, but not the drawing. Got it? (I’m vain on occasion.)
*The drawing is in Conte. The rest are black and white in a variety of mediums, though all are on the same paper of the same size. It was also a technique building exercise at the time, and my first real experiment with surrealism. I’m tempted to go back to use the same style/similar styles as a way of punking out the DailyBooth for my BA. I’m sort of Fluxus. Dada? Folk? Feminist? New Media? Net.Art? Neen/Telic? Interactive media? Some sort of analytical thing? Help? It’s my Bachelors and I’m stressed as all hell which is why I haven’t blogged. I miss products, it is much easier than thinking about this stuff. Feel free to weigh in. Considering I’m avoiding my adviser right now, who actually is, uhhh, listed on the the New Media Art Page. Not sayin’ who.
What does punkin’ a computer world in an analytical way mean? *heads smashes on keyboard* Should I ask hacker news? Or would that be too much?
My Image, MySelf
For those of you who noticed, after all this time, my actual face, no makeup, plus glasses, is my Disqus Icon. I might changed the photo. The drawing, however, in the background, I think I want to stay
It required a huge push from a number of people. I’ve been Iconless for a while. I wanted to use my twitter Icon, or my facebook Icon, but it kept getting ruined in the transfer over. I have no idea why. You’ll see that they’re essentially self portraits of myself that I did for the web.
I feel strange. Exposed. It’s a long overdue step. I’m finally confident enough that probably none of you will hurt me (that’s good). I feel confident enough to step out of AVC/Disqus land into other places, both online and real (Also good).
That being said, I own up the fact that I’m a girly-girl, an art lover, and I live in shoe-lovers land. Majority of people I interact with in the internet spaces I travel, won’t be that person. I can’t talk to them in that same plane. Not only is it isolating sometimes, it’s scary.
In reality, I’m physically smaller than the lot of you (about 115 pounds, 5’6 and I’m working out to gain weight). There is information about me hanging around the web, and more to come, if you know what you are doing (this is not hard people). Someone I don’t really know could come and find me and decide whatever.
It’s why I chose that drawing in the background. Yes, that is me. Yes, I’m wearing the same jacket as my own drawing. Yes if I were feeling really silly I could dress up as my own drawing. The other three drawings, are frightening. They’re not for internet consumption, under normal circumstances. It’s the same girl, always naked, at the feet of monsters and mysterious controlling hands. As I said, not for usual public consumption. This is the same person, afterward. Folk art with high level feminist twists. I’ve move (mostly*) away from this kind of art, though it will always be in me.
To those who try and hurt me: There is a reason that drawing, in this set, is my self potrait. The others in the same set are not. They are elements of pasts that have hurt me, though I have grown from. That person, in the drawing that is behind me in that photo, (otherwise known as me), will stare you down forever. It was hard to take my own photo, because I kept staring at my own drawing’s eyes (or myself, rather). You will have to stare me down, for that character, who is also me, is my future. She is successful, strong and thoughtful. And if I can’t escape my own eyes in my own drawing, you will not either. I may be exposed; like my drawing, it’s on my terms, and in my own words. Don’t even try. It is why you could never convince me to sell this one drawing. Why would I sell my strengths my opinions of how I will develop?
I would change the photo, but not the drawing. Got it? (I’m vain on occasion.)
*The drawing is in Conte. The rest are black and white in a variety of mediums, though all are on the same paper of the same size. It was also a technique building exercise at the time, and my first real experiment with surrealism. I’m tempted to go back to use the same style/similar styles as a way of punking out the DailyBooth for my BA. I’m sort of Fluxus. Dada? Folk? Feminist? New Media? Net.Art? Neen/Telic? Interactive media? Some sort of analytical thing? Help? It’s my Bachelors and I’m stressed as all hell which is why I haven’t blogged. I miss products, it is much easier than thinking about this stuff. Feel free to weigh in. Considering I’m avoiding my adviser right now, who actually is, uhhh, listed on the the New Media Art Page. Not sayin’ who.
What does punkin’ a computer world in an analytical way mean? *heads smashes on keyboard* Should I ask hacker news? Or would that be too much?
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