This "House of My Mind," I feel, strongly represents who I am. I feel like this work expresses who I am, while remembering where I came from. The background, is a red to blue fade, met halfway with a small strip of white, indicating my life spent in America; however, the center of the image portrays a maple leaf, as I was born in Canada. The rest of the image tends to, somewhat indirectly, express my love for sports. In the center are silhouettes of a golfer and a basketball player, which are the two main sports that I play. The background shows three grey lines dividing the image, which resemble the seams on a basketball, while the middle depicts white hexagons which I intended to resemble the grooves on a golf ball. The interesting thing about the center is that it can be viewed many ways, given the standpoint of the viewer. It can be seen as a chain-link fence, a honeycomb, or seen to represent a love for geometry, etc. I feel like this not only offers insight as to who I am and what I represent, but gives insight into who the viewer is. With the opacity turned down, the background is laid on a piece of newspaper, specifically the sports section; this is just another representation of my interest in sports. Unifying the two silhouettes in the center, is not a ball, but rather a sand dollar, which expresses my love for nature. I feel like my intentions throughout this project were very straightforward, and weren't altered throughout the course of making this piece. I knew what I wanted to represent me and put it on this image. I am glad having done this image because not only did it give me more insight on how to use photoshop, but it gave me more insight as to who I am as a person; resulting in a piece that I am very satisfied with.
