Auto Ethnographic Inquiry

This is a fourteen week documentation of my research for my final thesis project. Ummm, well, in all honesty, it is a diary of facing my fears, literally and figuratively, by committing to draw my portrait in four distinct ways: metaphor [superhero animal], Distorted/Altered, Folk/Outsider Art inspired, and Extreme Close-Up, [realism], and document the events as they unfold. To some this may seem simple and straightforward (big whoop); however, for a person, like myself, that deals with severe, crippling self-esteem issues, this is a daunting task. However, the emotional investment is not nearly as important as the adventure/investigation and real life implications for my students. Adolescent students often fight similar self-identity issues. Inquiry: Does drawing self-portraits assist in developing a positive self-identity? Or is it merely an exercise in "looking" at yet another face?

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Brainstorming Session - let the ideas flow!

Before I began drawing, I also did a "mind mapping" exercise. Within a one minute time frame, I wrote down any word, description, title that could provide a written self-portrait of myself.  It is the first assignment before drawing even gets started.  The list is going to be made into a sort of word collage.  I will post it when it is finished.  The funny thing is my first thought about me was, "Trained in CPR." Not pretty, likes to draw, painter, artist, ten fingers, ten toes...just "trained in CPR." Wow-
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