My Identity Power Point

Being asked to come up with pictures that show your identity is a hard task to do. People are never really asked who they are and when they are it is not an easy question to answer. I initially had no idea what pictures that would end up on my identity power point. Identity is who a person is and what certain aspects of their lives represents them most. Until I was asked what my identity was I had never thought about it before. There are so many things that I would choose to be considered part of my identity that I really had to make sure that the five that I chose were the essential parts of my identity for other people to know. The biggest picture on my power point was a brain that had streams of colors coming from it. I wanted that picture

Most people were spot on about the animals, colorful/creative mind, and helping others. I got words such as smart, caring, helping others, creative, loving, abstract, animal lover, family orientated, liking kids, adventurous, and loving the beach. I was pretty surprised because people took the children laughing as having to do with family. A few people took the beach picture as enjoying nature which is true but they also put loving sunsets. If this was not an assignment based on certain identities all of these things would be

However, I can see where people may have thought that the children laughing meant family. I have a pretty big family but I would not consider myself as family orientated because I hardly ever see any of them. If we all lived in the same state I am sure that that would change but because we are spread out I maybe see everyone once every two years. The joy/laughter in the children’s faces is what people were supposed to see but when they do not know what I was thinking I can see how they thought differently. Another one that people did not get right was the beach picture. They thought that I meant loving the beach or nature, which I do but that was not how I intended them to take it. I wanted them to see it as being a free person and just taking every day as it comes. Overall they really sensed what I was going for and the two that they did not were not far from the intended point. Identity is a hard concept to grasp. It is even harder to guess what other people’s identities are based on a few pictures. This assignment however allowed me to understand my peers more and who they truly are or what they want to represent themselves as. I feel that because I had to think of what I wanted to represent me it brought me closer and more in touch with myself. Before this assignment I had never even thought about what my identities were. I now know why I chose the certain aspects that represent my live. These were the things that