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As part of University coursework, I wrote an academic essay/paper titled "Psychodynamic Processes of Self Portraiture". Below is an updated/reformatted introduction to that paper:
Between age 16 and 25, I drew numerous self portraits. Along with these drawings I kept a diary sporadically during those years in an almost desperate struggle to make meaning out of the conflicts in my life. Six years after the last self-portrait sketch of that near decade, I realize I have an intriguing visual record of my own perceptions of:
myself and of my own inner development. This includes:
1) Establishment of a significant visual record; I would propose that the exercise of self portraiture during my transition into young adulthood helped me…
2) Gain a sense of participation and control in my developmental process (this aspect of self portraiture could have therapeutic value).
In addition it helped me:
3) initiate affirmative self-examination and inner dialog.
And I believe it:
4) heightened my empathy for others as well as my powers of sensitivity. And, besides the above psychological benefits, the exercise of “self imaging” stretched and
5) enhanced my skills of artistic observation.
I am including this Google Drive Link to that re-formatted paper (Cover below):
• See my Self Portrait Album on Flickr
• NYTimes Interactive Article on Albrect Durer's Self Portraits
• Room Interior As Self Portraiture
• Portrait Sketches of Friends and Family
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