Alyssa Htochkiss
My ideas for this project came from self experience. Some of the writings in the girls hair were my own thoughts/things said to me. I really like working on harmful events and hate because I've experienced so much of it that it just is easy to express how it feels. I looked up images ( which will be at bottom) one is the girl another is hair because at first the words were going to be here face but to changed it in the end to hair. I also made a list of things that could be written in her hair/face. The inspiration for this piece was the poem on it. It shows how eating disorders aren't just not eating. Its a voice in your head that speaks and thinks for you. You cant escape and once you get corrupted and let them take over, its very hard to go back. anorexia was a choice for me because in eighth grade i fainted and got hurt from not eating, i ended up in the hospital because i fainted at school and my glasses broke and cut my face. the scar left reminds me constantly of what happened and how much it hurts to let them win. I only need 7 stitches but even 1 was too high of a cost to me. A simple voice in a girl or boys head can seem to be a friend but once your hooked its a demon pulling the strings in your life and you have to fight as hard as you can to shake it. To me this piece shows how it manipulates young girls.
I really enjoy choice pieces because to me it shows so much more expression than doing what your told. Its shows rebellion, pain, happiness, fate, fear, etc. Having so much choice allowed me to mix supplies. I used pencil, chalk pastels, markers and pens! I feel really accomplished of the pieces ive created because i think they show meaning and express a cause that needs to be heard!!
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For my identity project i choose body image. Mine above is a large woman who is criticized about her wait, shes told to be a barbie. Yet men's "guidelines" are more bendable. Identity is shown by the fact women are placed into body groups, they are determined by their weight which isn't fair.
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