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This is a form of self-portrait. It contains three facets of my own identity. It also contains various metaphorical, and often fragmented, descriptions of the concept of identity.
IT IS A BILLBOARD I ERECT TO ADVERTISE MY PRODUCT.
IT IS A CLASSIFICATION SCHEME I USE TO ORGANISE MY EXPERIENCES AND MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE.
IT IS A CREDO I RECITE TO REINFORCE AND PROMULGATE MY BELIEFS ABOUT MYSELF.
IT IS A DICTIONARY I USE TO TRANSLATE FROM THE LANGUAGE ONLY I SPEAK.
IT IS A FILTER WHICH DETERMINES THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL INFORMATION I PAY ATTENTION TO.
IT IS A MODEL I USE IN ORDER TO PREDICT AND CONTROL MY FUTURE ACTIONS AND EMOTIONS.
IT IS A KALEIDOSCOPIC PATTERN THAT FORMS IN RESPONSE TO THE TURN OF EVENTS.
IT IS A MEASUREMENT SCALE THAT I USE TO EVALUATE MY EXPERIENCES.
IT IS A PROTOCOL I PUBLISH TO INFORM OTHERS HOW TO INTERACT WITH ME.
IT IS A REAGENT I USE TO EXTRACT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION FROM MY EXPERIENCES.
IT IS A SOCKET I PROVIDE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO PLUG INTO.
IT IS A STAMPED PASSPORT I PRESENT TO GAIN ADMITTANCE.
IT IS A STORY I TELL MYSELF TO CONNECT ASPECTS OF MY PRESENT EXPERIENCE TO ASPECTS OF MY REMEMBERED PAST.
IT IS A THREAD I USE TO CONNECT EVENTS AND IDEAS INTO COHERENT AND PLEASING PATTERNS.
IT IS A TEMPLATE I USE TO PATTERN AND CONSTRAIN MY RESPONSES TO STIMULI.
IT IS A TURBULENT REGIME IN WHICH THE LEADER IS CONTINUALLY OVERTHROWN BY CONVINCING LOOKALIKES.
IT IS AN EXCUSE I OFFER FOR PATTERNS I PERCEIVE IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MY CURRENT EMOTIONAL STATE AND MY UNRELIABLE MEMORIES OF MY EXPERIENCES.
IT IS AN INDENTATION I STRIVE TO IMPRESS ON MY ENVIRONMENT TO ACCOMMODATE MYSELF.
IT IS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN MY SENSORY EXPERIENCE OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD AND MY INTERNAL MODEL OF THAT WORLD.
IT IS MAKEUP I USE TO HIDE OR HIGHLIGHT MY BLEMISHES.
IT IS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
IT IS A PITON I HAMMER INTO THE CLIFF FACE OF SOCIETY SO THAT I CAN TRY CLIMB OR PREVENT MYSELF FROM FALLING.
IT IS THE OUTLINE OF AN APERTURE THROUGH WHICH I PROJECT MY PERSONAL PICTURE OF THE WORLD.
IT IS THE SHAPE OF INTERSTICES IN MY ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN I SQUEEZE INTO.
IT IS A BLANKET I WRAP AROUND MYSELF TO WARD OFF THE INDIFFERENT COLD GNAWING AT MY EXTREMITIES.
IT IS A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY OF VOICES THAT CLAMOUR INSIDE ME.
IT IS THE RUNNING AVERAGE OF MY RANGE OF BEHAVIOURS.
IT IS A SERMON I PREACH TO MYSELF.
IT IS THE AFTERTASTE I LEAVE ON OTHER PEOPLE’S PALATES.
IT IS THE PUNCHLINE THAT RESOLVES THE SETUP TENSION OF A JOKE.
IT IS THE EDIFICE THAT I CONSTRUCT ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF MY HERITAGE.
IT IS A CONVENIENT AND PERSISTENT HALLUCINATION.
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