My Static Skin
Jackie B.
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This piece depicts my experiences as a transgender person. I wanted to show how it was hard for me to find myself and the terrible things I did to myself because of my appearance. But I also wanted to show the beauty of being trans, the beauty of being able to see yourself grow every single day and to find people who support and love you. I use the idea of static because even though it's something you'll never be able to feel, I can imagine the exact sensation. A constant moving, like small sparks setting off every second, it doesn't exactly hurt but it's so uncomfortable that it needs to be gone. It needs to go away. That's how I felt for most of my life. I needed to rip off my skin, I needed to do something about it or else it would get worse. But once then I found out that I didn't have to be what other people told me to be, and I could just be myself. That's when the static would fade and when I could finally be happy.
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To me creativity means to make something that will bring you joy and expression, to show yourself to others so that you can show life though your point of view.
