An Image with “Impact”:
Behold.
This masterful piece of art is also my avatar. I feel like this picture describes me in so many ways.
First, this picture has an air of awkwardness. The hat drooping over the dragon’s head and the too-small wand all give off a feel of not fitting in properly. That’s me. I don’t fit in. Everyone that has met me will probably describe me as unique if they don’t know me well, and weird if they do know me well. Furthermore, I love dragons and draconic things(I don’t know what you’d call them). They fascinate me and I find it especially interesting how dragons of different cultures have evolved. Even dragons of the same culture have different variants. The Western dragon, although portrayed mostly as evil and greedy(mostly thanks to the famous story St. George and the Dragon, which is the first ever story about knight-saves-princess-slays-dragon, a common story trope I absolutely despise), also has stories about it that revolve around a dragon being the “good guy”, such as the Welsh story Lludd and Llefelys. Then, you have the Eastern variant- the long, snakelike deities that are said to be harbingers of fortune and wealth. It’s crazy how one animal that may or may not exist(you never know) has spawned so many legends. It’s fascinating. I have always been captivated by dragons and I especially loved this depiction of them in this picture. Lastly, how could you not love this picture. It’s great. I love the dragon’s expression- like he’s posing for a photo that he doesn’t really want to be in(hence the awkwardness) but still enjoying it nonetheless.
Now, if I were a philosophical kind of person, I’d talk to you more about dragons or whatever and the deep meaning behind it all. But, I’m not a philosophical person. And, right now, it’s 10:53 PM. I want to sleep. And, I’m stressing out about Science because our group is kinda behind and we haven’t brought in all our materials and I’m worried I’m gonna get a bad mark and fail Science aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
So, let’s leave it at that.
How has this picture impacted me? Well, this picture has impacted me because I felt like I could relate to a piece of art, which is pretty uncommon for me. I feel like if my life were to be summarized in a photo, it would be a burning pile of garbage but since that’s not very pleasant, this is what my life as a photo would be. It’s not exactly symbolic and there are no really deep meanings as to why I relate to this, but I felt like this picture was important enough to share with you. It has character, magic, and it gives off an air of awkward/funny that I feel describes me perfectly. If he had been holding a book or something, it would have been perfect(since I love reading), but this is good enough. I wish I chose something more inspiring, like what the other kids likely chose, but I really don’t have any pictures like that, so this is what I’m settling with.