I took a survey online that asked me to make a collage that expresses how i feel about my life. I was on the phone with Courtney, so i wasn’t thinking as i put it together. This is what i came up with.
This is what I think it means:
After coming home for the summer, i’m in a sort of employment limbo. This limbo is at the forfront of my attention (help wanted signs in corners).
The right side of this collage represents my ideal self: caring (father and child fishing), sweet/romantic (man kissing woman), laid back/relaxed (guy sleeping), entertaining (dancing couple). I dont live up to this expectation, which leads me to feel lost (foggy dock).
The pictures on the left side of the canvas are medaphores to my feelings of frustration (notice that these are the only tilted pictures): trying to get away from the problem (running through rain), struggling to do better (man climbing rope), wishing that it would all come to an end (man with gun).
The things that keep me balanced are meditation or reflection (man in desert) and healthy eating (food).