I used magazine cuttings in order to create a collage of words and images to portray my identity. It was created in the shape of a card, which on the front side is vague and then opens to the middle, which has many more images relating to my life. I wanted to portray that I am a shy person at first and then opens up eventually, which the card symbolizes. All of the words and pictures were chosen to symbolize different aspects in my life. The outer layers of the card are more obvious aspects in my life, and in the middle are aspects that are layers of my life. The inspiration for this piece came from one of the previous artist shown in class, Kerry James Marshall. His mother had used images from cards to create her own cards which would have different meanings for different events.