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A diptych is a juxtaposition of two images that wouldn't necessarily go together.

This assignment was part of our self portrait unit. In English we chose a personal statement and wrote a poem based on that statement. In design, we were asked to choose two lines of our poem and then shoot two objects that were metaphors for these lines. We then edited and juxtaposed the images and wrote an artist statement. My artist statement is below.

The image on the left side of my diptych features a wine glass with a solitary and relatively crisp fingerprint. This represents individuality and a strong sense of self. In my poem I wrote “you are like the sun, a fiery glowing mess with anger in your fists”. To me, this line is about being unapologetically you. This represents a fierce love for oneself and a refusal to be someone you are not. I used a fingerprint to represent firm individuality because a fingerprint is something that is unique to everyone.

The right side of my diptych was based on the lines “when they try and fit you into their docile idea of what women should be, I hope you make them bleed with your edges.” I used a waffle maker with batter spilling out of the edges to represent something that could not be fit into a mold. The batter spilling out represents a refusal to conform.