Lisa’s self portrait begins with her seated behind a table with a pen on it. She begins to rapidly click the pen while continually fidgeting in the chair.  As she stirs restlessly in the chair, she starts to play with her hair, but returns to the pen. Throughout the portrait she has a anxious look on her face and her incessant pen clicking is only interrupted by an occasional biting of nails.

What really struck me about Lisa’s portrait was the minimalist approach she took for her presentation. Her props were simple, a pen and a table, yet she was still able to show her message through her facial expression and body language. The table and pen evoked a classroom-like environment in my head and as soon as she begun to click the pen I immediately recognized that her portrait was about nervousness or possibly anxiety from school. Also the silence only broken up by the sound of the pen during her presentation gave the portrait a tense feeling that contributed to the nervous atmosphere. an a I understood this because because I am guilty of the same nervous tendencies as well, save the playing with hair.

I enjoyed her portrait becauseI too am guilty of the same nervous tendencies she portrayed, save the playing with hair. The subject of her portrait is easy to relate to especially in the life of a teenage student. Overall she did a great job in showing that at times anxiety may dominate her just as it can anyone else.