i TOTALLY turned in a lame thing for the framing task–taking a picture of myself in the mirror and calling it framed art...if argued correctly MAYBE i couldve made it legitmate. but, really it was just lame. and it got flagged and im glad it did.

this time, i made a digital image in response to the frame. i took the same mirror frame that i had used in the first submission and made something around it.

being a model, i am constantly "framed" by the photographer. the photographer sees me as a piece of beauty, art if you will. he/she is always trying to get me into a certain position, emotion, environment...all to create the images that looks the best. i AM in fact, an object or part of a group of objects that is being framed. most of the time, what is created is just for practice–sketches if you will. but sometimes, what is made is worthy to be framed and called "art".

as well, i constantly feel as if i am being "framed" as a certain stereotype...as if a certain type of "art". i am given a certain context by the viewer by what they see at that instant in my life.

plus, it was a great excuse to perfect my magnetic lasso skills in photoshop.