This project was very personal to me as it allowed me to take a closer look at my own flaws and insecurities. I was instructed to create a self portrait using composite imagery, that represented different unseen aspects of my personality. So instead of choosing to highlight more about who I am, I chose to create a visual representation of how I work, or in other terms my “Inner Workings'“ I wanted each different section of this image to be symbolistic of different phenomena in my body, yet at the same time representing the self imposed limitations I put upon myself. I chose the arms restraining me and covering my mouth to represent fear and anxiety holding me back, stopping the words in my throat. Then the hand drawing lines along a slightly fattier region of my neck to represent body insecurity. And finally, the hands reaching into my head were intended to represent my ADHD, a physical manifestation of the way my brain wires itself differently from others. This piece was so special to me due to the freedom I felt being able to turn those invisible insecurities into something solid that I could see, it taught me to embrace the things I couldn’t change in myself and learn how to change the things I could. We all have imperfections, and that’s okay, it’s how we view them that changes their outcome.