Welcome to my portfolio. These pieces are more than just a school project or essays that just needed to get done. These pieces all have a different title or topic of their own, but can all somehow relate to one another as well. Each piece portrays a special message which makes each of these pieces unique and true. These pieces truly show what made me the person I am today and that is why I believe they are so unique. They portray a visual of my life through photos, but with a much deeper meaning. Digging deep into these pieces and photos helped me discover new and creative ways to see and understand the world around me.
In my portfolio, you will find pictures and interview recordings, along with a video in the last piece. The piece that impacted me the most was "Heroes/Villians." Why? I wrote this piece about my mother who has been an inspiration to my entire family. In this piece I interviewed my mother and had her think deeply about what shaped her into the amazing human being she is today. This gives all readers a perspective of how my mother impacts me day to day in my life. Besides this piece, these writings truly brought me out of my comfort zone as I do not like to share anything personal with others. It is best for me to keep to certain topics to myself, but this portfolio truly changed that in me. My favorite and most strong piece from my portfolio is writing entitled "Piece of Mind." This allowed me to see pictures from a different perspective. For example, when you read that piece, you will notice a photo of a lake. I turned that photo of a lake into one the most meaningful photos I have. This assignment truly allowed me to bring out the inner creativity that I hold. This leads me to the "Stranger in Me" piece where I was also allowed to bring photos to life and give them more meaning.
Overall, I am very proud of my work. Pulling out meaning and discovering new ways to view the world became something I enjoyed doing. I believe this became a big strength in my portfolio as time went on. Every writing I was able to dig deeper and deeper because I knew what I was capable of discovering. My portfolio has strengths and weaknesses as I am not a perfect writer by any means. Although, I did my best to create something truly special and unique to me. My work showed a very true perspective of certain things in my life. Most of these topics I would not share with anyone, but for this class, that changed. This portfolio was very time consuming and I appreciate your time in reading it. I put a lot of thought into each piece and I enjoyed it.