The subject of my image is the inner me and what makes up my life as a whole. The content includes a deconstructed football that opens up to reveal my inner soccer mom as my friends cheerleader and my leadership roles played at Rutgers. The football represents the sports podcast(SDU Media) that I create week in and week out with my friends and my deep love for the sport. Coming out of the football is one of my first hijabs(religious head wear) to represent my spirituality and religious identity. The box under the football has a messy collage of car magazine pieces to represent my messy/hard decision making on going to college or trade school which was a tough choice. Under that box is another covered in content from the student run newspaper, (The Observer), where I am now the Executive Editor. On that bigger box is a Quran(holy text) and the bookmark is placed on the chapter named Surah Maryam. My older sibling and I are estranged but that is her name and so it means a lot for me to read the verses and remember good memories.
The composition took a long time to come up with because I wanted to formulate something that reflected me and looking into what I am made of was very intriguing because I found out so many new things. I think the image conveys my true self deconstructed to the viewers. I was inspired my Frida Kahlo's collage style along with Mickalene Thomas as they used the most meaningful things to create how they wanted to be seen. I also liked how Andy Warhol used things that were normal to create his art work which is what I tried to do; make this relatable.
This project represents me in a whole new light because of the way it reflects me opening up to the world. Some parts such as the holy text and the headscarf are very relatable for some but for others it allows a conversation to begin.
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