Decisions (SHARK) NOT CLICK BAIT

                                         

                                                 Decisions   

      This image resembles many things in my life. From the bright colors, the way I am riding the shark, and me sticking my hand so close to the shark’s mouth. The shark resembles fear and it took about an hour to finally catch fear out of the deep blue. Without hesitation, I jumped on the shark and pulled his face up to take a good picture. 

                 

                                                       Flash Fiction

           You want something for yourself but you are tired of fear getting in the way. You are afraid that it will hurt others. You want something that will tear up a relationship but it’s been your dream since you were a kid. You want to listen to everyone else but that little voice in your head keeps telling you to do it. It’s been your dream and you’ve always been amused by it. All of the Camouflage, the guns, the tanks, the helicopters. But all of the blood, the sweat, horror, death, and tears. 

                                                        Rationale

             I chose that picture because I feel like I can create some kind of image and story behind it so it can be looked at in many different ways if you think about it enough. I used the shark to resemble fear in life and the bright colors to resemble happiness. I believe that you should have many options in your life and not let one thing hold you down. Fear can do that to someone and I show in this picture that you can overcome anything and either get eaten by fear or jump on top of it and ride it.

         My flash fiction is related by showing how you want something but there is always something in the way and you need to overcome and take control. Though my flash fiction is about joining the military and my picture is about overcoming fear, there both connected because joining the military is full of fear and if you do not overcome it, you have the chance of making a mistake, which could cost your life.

                                                    Reflection

            These past 8 weeks have been a struggle in making this project because I am a procrastinator and could not come up with many ideas. I personally do not like writing or talking about my feeling because its either I do not even know them myself or I just don’t care. I believe that I am a hardheaded person who will never take a no for an answer and i like to challenge myself with very hard mental and physical situations. From our reader response packet “personality is a myth”, they say, “People like to keep their beliefs in a bubble”.  I believe in this because I tend to do this to feel unique and make myself feel confident and smart in my decisions. A lot of people like to stay in a bubble and not explore any other ideas about anything else because they believe in what they were told or to stubborn to open up to new ideas. Personality is a thing you can control or get controlled by. There is a lot of different bias’s and beliefs out there in this world and everyone has their own opinion. These beliefs can be developed along the years of your childhood and just stuff you hear growing up. A lot of people like to stick to those general beliefs because it’s just easier to understand. They say how people with different beliefs are rebels and unique. Some what is true but really it’s just who you are and what you want to believe in. You can do what you want and believe in what you want. Some people like to stick to things that were good at because we are addicted to our own limitations.