Collage Discussion
“Collage De Chris” Explanation
Tree
The tree, by itself, represents me. The bare tree, not a tree with leaves, just the trunk and branches. Everything that is around the tree is my experiences and epiphanies. The major parts of the tree are my epiphanies. The crack in the earth, the bare earth, and the leaves represent my epiphanies. Everything that comes off of the tree would be my works. The titles to my essays would be my works so they are put on the tree. All experiences are like food for a tree, each experience makes me grow.
Objects
The picture of the divorced couple represents my first experience. I placed this picture to represent my parent’s divorce. This is one of the experiences that changed me, drastically. I was seven and it really changed how I looked at the world. I became secluded from the world at this point. This experience led to my realization that the world is not perfect. It is placed on the earth to represent that it caused me to realize that the world is not perfect. It is also placed on the earth to represent that it allowed me to grow, like nutrients allows a tree to grow.
The picture of the map with Pelion pointed out would deal with my second experience. I moved to Pelion and it changed me. This is the point that I became fun and not so secluded. Pelion allowed me to overcome my fears and really enjoy life. I realized that life wasn’t so bad that you could make it how you wanted it.
The cross represents my religious beliefs. This was the one of three experiences that led to my third epiphany. I am a Christian and I believe in Christ. Christianity made me realize, for some reason, that people go through life then die. Why make what you can out of life, when you are going to die? This is the question I ask myself this question every morning. It is placed in the sky between the clouds to represent that Christianity is the light that would make a tree grow, but the experience that would shape who I am today.
The picture of my grandmother in the sky represents that my grandmother has died but still has effect on me. I placed her there to show that she is the rain that provides water for a tree, but to show that she had a part of what I am today. When she died, I was immediately depressed. She was the only person that really made me feel good when I was upset or hurt. I could go to her for anything and always find comfort. She made me who I am today and I will always be that part of the person she made me into.
The picture of Virginia Beach represent the time that I moved here. It was the experience that contributed the most to my third epiphany. I left my home and the place where I felt comfortable at. I was not ready for it and thought I could finish high school at Pelion. It did not happen that way and I ended up here before I was ready. It made me realize that people don’t get what they want in life and they just have to deal with it.
Epiphanies
My first epiphany was when I became aware. My parent’s divorce made me realize that the world is not a perfect place. I started to notice every detail in life and the flaws of all people. No one understood what I was going through and it was at a very early age in my life. I was seven at the time and it felt like I grew up and became twenty. Most parents get divorced, but I think that I was the only one that reacted in this way. It was hard on me and so I became secluded and did not talk to anyone. I didn’t want people to think I was weird. I represent the awareness of the world by the bare earth. I used a bare earth because it is not perfect. A perfect earth would be with lush, green grass, but the world is not like that. It is a cold, hard world where people suffer.
My second epiphany is when I became free and fun. Moving to Pelion was the experience that made me fun and free. I was able to conquer my irrational fears and to have fun. I learned that life is what you make it. Why not make it fun? That’s what I did, I made it fun. I could care less what people thought of me and I was living life to the fullest. The green leaves represent my freedom from my seclusion. I bloomed and let myself grow. I did not stop growing. I continued to be free and just live life like I would not die. It was the best years of my life.
My third epiphany had the most experiences dealing with it. This is the point where I became apathetic. The first one was when my grandmother died. I became depressed and didn’t want to live life anymore. I felt like the world was ending and I couldn’t do anything about it. This led me to go to Church. I thought that Christ would give me the answers to get out of my depression. It worked, at least for a while. When I decided to grow further in my faith, I realized that people go through life and die. Why do something with your life when you know you are going to die? Then my family moved up here. I moved away from where I felt comfortable and I left my grandmother. Even though she has passed, I still felt close to her because I was near her grave. I just gave up on life and became apathetic. I didn’t care what anyone thought and I just move through life and not care what happens. The crack in the earth represents the apathy in my life. It feels like I am going to fall into a never-ending chasm and not be able to escape. The tree barely holds on and so do I. There are a couple of things that keep me from falling and those things are dwindling, slowly. I hope the chasm will close and I can live life to the fullest again.
Philosophical Quotes
The quote by Audrey Hepburn shows how I felt when I moved to Pelion. I enjoyed life when I was in Pelion. I was happy and that’s all I cared about. I didn’t let anyone get in my way because I knew what I wanted in life.
The quote by unknown shows how I feel now. I realize that being apathetic is bad and that it is probably not the best way to live. Honestly I don’t care what others think and nobody can tell me how I should change. I am not until I am ready. I will live life the way I want to and I will do what I want to, when I want to. Nobody has a say.
Music Connections
“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day represents how I felt when I was secluded. I did everything by myself. I felt alone and I walked alone. I did not know what I was heading for and I preferred to be hidden away from all people. The only person that could walk beside me was my shadow. It was the thing that had to be there. If I could have escaped my shadow, I would have. The whole time I was secluded I wished someone would have helped me come out of it. I didn’t want to be in it, but I could not help myself out of it.
“You Gotta Be” by Des’ree represents how I felt when I moved to people. I realized that I had to make the best out of my future. I could not live in seclusion anymore. I had to be bad and live without fear. I had to be bold or I would not get anywhere in life. I had to be hard and not let anyone push through me. I had to be stronger so I could influence people. I had to stay together so I would not lose it again. I knew that people in my life would upset me but I had to be who I was and not falter. I had to do thing my way and make the best out of my life.
Historical Moments
Anne Frank would an example that ties in with my first experience. When my parents were divorced we had to hide from my dad. He was a crazy and drunk man and we could not let him near us or he would have tried to do something bad. Anne Frank had to hide from the Nazis but I had to hide from my dad. Anne Frank’s conditions were more extreme than mine, but it has the same principle. We both had to hide because of who we were.
The Nazis represent me now. The Nazi’s case was way more extreme than my case. They were apathetic to what they were doing. They just did the things because they had to. They could care less what happened to the people and their families that they captured or killed. My case is that I am just here in this world because I have to be. I don’t care who I hurt or anything because I will die eventually. Why care about things when you can’t care for them forever?
Literacy Connection
The excerpt from Twilight represents how I felt when I was secluded. I knew no one who was going through the same stuff as I was and I could not relate to anyone. Nobody understood me. I knew I was not on the same page as anyone else. My grandmother who I was the closest too didn’t understand what I was going through. I felt like there was something wrong with me and I knew the cause, but it didn’t matter.
The excerpt from Breaking Dawn represents how I felt when I moved to Pelion. I would not let my fears get in my way. All it took for me to become free was one big step. a step of five miles, that is. When I moved to Pelion, all it took was for me to step into the school and I was off. I let go and just went with the flow. Become part of Pelion and getting out of my comfort zone was easy.
The excerpt from New Moon represents how I feel now. I feel like I am just walking and walking and have nowhere to go. I have no sense of time. It just passes without my notice. It does feel like time is frozen because I do the same thing over and over again. It feels like I am walking in a circle because I can’t break the cycle of my apathetic lifestyle. I continue to go and I stumble trying to find my way out.
Tree
The tree, by itself, represents me. The bare tree, not a tree with leaves, just the trunk and branches. Everything that is around the tree is my experiences and epiphanies. The major parts of the tree are my epiphanies. The crack in the earth, the bare earth, and the leaves represent my epiphanies. Everything that comes off of the tree would be my works. The titles to my essays would be my works so they are put on the tree. All experiences are like food for a tree, each experience makes me grow.
Objects
The picture of the divorced couple represents my first experience. I placed this picture to represent my parent’s divorce. This is one of the experiences that changed me, drastically. I was seven and it really changed how I looked at the world. I became secluded from the world at this point. This experience led to my realization that the world is not perfect. It is placed on the earth to represent that it caused me to realize that the world is not perfect. It is also placed on the earth to represent that it allowed me to grow, like nutrients allows a tree to grow.
The picture of the map with Pelion pointed out would deal with my second experience. I moved to Pelion and it changed me. This is the point that I became fun and not so secluded. Pelion allowed me to overcome my fears and really enjoy life. I realized that life wasn’t so bad that you could make it how you wanted it.
The cross represents my religious beliefs. This was the one of three experiences that led to my third epiphany. I am a Christian and I believe in Christ. Christianity made me realize, for some reason, that people go through life then die. Why make what you can out of life, when you are going to die? This is the question I ask myself this question every morning. It is placed in the sky between the clouds to represent that Christianity is the light that would make a tree grow, but the experience that would shape who I am today.
The picture of my grandmother in the sky represents that my grandmother has died but still has effect on me. I placed her there to show that she is the rain that provides water for a tree, but to show that she had a part of what I am today. When she died, I was immediately depressed. She was the only person that really made me feel good when I was upset or hurt. I could go to her for anything and always find comfort. She made me who I am today and I will always be that part of the person she made me into.
The picture of Virginia Beach represent the time that I moved here. It was the experience that contributed the most to my third epiphany. I left my home and the place where I felt comfortable at. I was not ready for it and thought I could finish high school at Pelion. It did not happen that way and I ended up here before I was ready. It made me realize that people don’t get what they want in life and they just have to deal with it.
Epiphanies
My first epiphany was when I became aware. My parent’s divorce made me realize that the world is not a perfect place. I started to notice every detail in life and the flaws of all people. No one understood what I was going through and it was at a very early age in my life. I was seven at the time and it felt like I grew up and became twenty. Most parents get divorced, but I think that I was the only one that reacted in this way. It was hard on me and so I became secluded and did not talk to anyone. I didn’t want people to think I was weird. I represent the awareness of the world by the bare earth. I used a bare earth because it is not perfect. A perfect earth would be with lush, green grass, but the world is not like that. It is a cold, hard world where people suffer.
My second epiphany is when I became free and fun. Moving to Pelion was the experience that made me fun and free. I was able to conquer my irrational fears and to have fun. I learned that life is what you make it. Why not make it fun? That’s what I did, I made it fun. I could care less what people thought of me and I was living life to the fullest. The green leaves represent my freedom from my seclusion. I bloomed and let myself grow. I did not stop growing. I continued to be free and just live life like I would not die. It was the best years of my life.
My third epiphany had the most experiences dealing with it. This is the point where I became apathetic. The first one was when my grandmother died. I became depressed and didn’t want to live life anymore. I felt like the world was ending and I couldn’t do anything about it. This led me to go to Church. I thought that Christ would give me the answers to get out of my depression. It worked, at least for a while. When I decided to grow further in my faith, I realized that people go through life and die. Why do something with your life when you know you are going to die? Then my family moved up here. I moved away from where I felt comfortable and I left my grandmother. Even though she has passed, I still felt close to her because I was near her grave. I just gave up on life and became apathetic. I didn’t care what anyone thought and I just move through life and not care what happens. The crack in the earth represents the apathy in my life. It feels like I am going to fall into a never-ending chasm and not be able to escape. The tree barely holds on and so do I. There are a couple of things that keep me from falling and those things are dwindling, slowly. I hope the chasm will close and I can live life to the fullest again.
Philosophical Quotes
The quote by Audrey Hepburn shows how I felt when I moved to Pelion. I enjoyed life when I was in Pelion. I was happy and that’s all I cared about. I didn’t let anyone get in my way because I knew what I wanted in life.
The quote by unknown shows how I feel now. I realize that being apathetic is bad and that it is probably not the best way to live. Honestly I don’t care what others think and nobody can tell me how I should change. I am not until I am ready. I will live life the way I want to and I will do what I want to, when I want to. Nobody has a say.
Music Connections
“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day represents how I felt when I was secluded. I did everything by myself. I felt alone and I walked alone. I did not know what I was heading for and I preferred to be hidden away from all people. The only person that could walk beside me was my shadow. It was the thing that had to be there. If I could have escaped my shadow, I would have. The whole time I was secluded I wished someone would have helped me come out of it. I didn’t want to be in it, but I could not help myself out of it.
“You Gotta Be” by Des’ree represents how I felt when I moved to people. I realized that I had to make the best out of my future. I could not live in seclusion anymore. I had to be bad and live without fear. I had to be bold or I would not get anywhere in life. I had to be hard and not let anyone push through me. I had to be stronger so I could influence people. I had to stay together so I would not lose it again. I knew that people in my life would upset me but I had to be who I was and not falter. I had to do thing my way and make the best out of my life.
Historical Moments
Anne Frank would an example that ties in with my first experience. When my parents were divorced we had to hide from my dad. He was a crazy and drunk man and we could not let him near us or he would have tried to do something bad. Anne Frank had to hide from the Nazis but I had to hide from my dad. Anne Frank’s conditions were more extreme than mine, but it has the same principle. We both had to hide because of who we were.
The Nazis represent me now. The Nazi’s case was way more extreme than my case. They were apathetic to what they were doing. They just did the things because they had to. They could care less what happened to the people and their families that they captured or killed. My case is that I am just here in this world because I have to be. I don’t care who I hurt or anything because I will die eventually. Why care about things when you can’t care for them forever?
Literacy Connection
The excerpt from Twilight represents how I felt when I was secluded. I knew no one who was going through the same stuff as I was and I could not relate to anyone. Nobody understood me. I knew I was not on the same page as anyone else. My grandmother who I was the closest too didn’t understand what I was going through. I felt like there was something wrong with me and I knew the cause, but it didn’t matter.
The excerpt from Breaking Dawn represents how I felt when I moved to Pelion. I would not let my fears get in my way. All it took for me to become free was one big step. a step of five miles, that is. When I moved to Pelion, all it took was for me to step into the school and I was off. I let go and just went with the flow. Become part of Pelion and getting out of my comfort zone was easy.
The excerpt from New Moon represents how I feel now. I feel like I am just walking and walking and have nowhere to go. I have no sense of time. It just passes without my notice. It does feel like time is frozen because I do the same thing over and over again. It feels like I am walking in a circle because I can’t break the cycle of my apathetic lifestyle. I continue to go and I stumble trying to find my way out.