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Flash Fiction
Don’t give up on yourself even when life is going down a dark path. Don’t let all the negative energy get the best of you, to the point you see no point in trying with anything anymore, and you just completely shut down. Don’t let stress and anxiety take control, you got this. You have to keep going, and moving forward because if you give up you will regret it, truly. Keep trying and trying, push yourself to be the best you can be because that's all you can do. Whenever life hits you with a bunch of bullshit, build off it. Don’t let it put you in the dark. Remember you are capable of getting through it because you know are strong. You know you will feel a big rush of relief once you overcome what you thought you couldn’t even compete with. You will feel yourself light up again. Don’t give up.
Artist Statement
Life can be hard at times, and it can really take a toll on your whole mindset. When everything that is coming at you  just begins to drown you in stress, it’s hard to want to keep going. You feel so in the dark But you have to, you can’t give in and let the negativity win and black out who you are because at the end of the day there is always going to be negativity in the air. You must remain strong and do everything you can to beat the stress, it will feel way more better then giving up. Once you get past all the bad stuff you thought you couldn’t you will feel amazing.
My self- portrait and fast-fiction work together well. As you see in the photo my face is just about to go all the way in the dark, but I refuse to let it. The dark resembles all the stress, and I can’t let it cover my whole face because that would be me letting the stress win. Refusing to let the darkness cover my face means I’m not giving up, I’m going to get through it and nothing will stop the process of succeeding.





Reflection
I’d like to say I did a decent job on this project. I actually took the time to do the work and actually tried to do a good job. I for the most part stayed up to date with the planning sheet which made it less stressful for me. As for the rest of the year so far, I have been doing okay, kind of struggling to find time to do homework and other school work outside of school because I work a lot. I understand perspectives, personality, and bias pretty well, but I learned a lot about bias that I didn’t really know before.

Ultimately speaking what influenced my self-portrait the most was my own perspective and my own experiences. Once we started talking about the project I immediately had ideas come to me about how I would do it, but I knew right away what I wanted to use for my flash-fiction. I probably could’ve used better ideas than what I did but I like what I came up with, except it was hard to choose a good portrait idea so I kind of just winged it a little and it worked for me.

Comments

  1. rylee sarkNovember 12, 2018 at 9:14 AM

    your flash fiction is great for helping people feel better when there in a rough spot. after reading it my perspective on life is different.

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  2. cade medemaNovember 13, 2018 at 12:51 PM

    i like the way your flash fiction is so positive and fits well with your portrait. your flash fiction is very inspirational and creative.

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