I did another AJC page this week. I'm a couple of weeks behind, but it doesn't matter. I'll probably catch up over Spring Break or the summer, and I'm sure I'll get behind again next fall.
Anyway, here it is.
The explanation behind it: I wasn't very happy with myself in high school. I didn't feel like I could be myself because everybody had an expectation of who I was. If I did anything different, people noticed and commented. I remember the day I started wearing running shoes to school for the first time, and someone commented on it. (Looking back, it could be because she was trying to be nice, but I felt like it was because I made a change. And really, I didn't want my changes to be noticed.) To make it worse, I felt like I had to act a certain way because my dad was one of the teachers there. I tried to escape it by going to school in Fayetteville instead of UCA. UCA was grades 13-16 for my class--EVERYONE went there. Going to Fayetteville helped a bit, meeting Geoff helped a bit, going to Rome by myself helped a bit more, and now law school is helping. I suppose becoming yourself is a life-long process,and I've only made a small dent in it.
This was for the Altered Artspirations Challenge.
It challenged us to use our monogram. There's no way I was making a page with "MEH" although it might have been funny. It says Meg under the bottom because that's the name I use if I have to tell somebody in the digi world--just a privacy thing.
Love these! Esp. the color page. In high school, I never felt like I fit in so I started painting purple hair girl! She's the me who doesn't fit in real well. I think you're right, getting to know who you are is a lifetime process :) We've all got a little way to go!
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