Week 5 Art: Self Portrait Julia McCann ASA 115

For this self portrait, I decided to feature parts of me that are not physical. My face is not what defines me, but the things I do and enjoy are. I was raised in a family that enjoys to eat deliciously, and it shows. I particularly enjoy a dish consisting of boiled chicken with a ginger and scallion dipping sauce (in Cantonese, Bak Chit Gai) as well as beef noodle roll (Cheung Fun). Every time my family went out for dim sum I would ask for two plates of cheung fun and proceed to eat most of it myself. In recent years my mom was able to find more time to cook recipes from her childhood and made bak chit gai for the first time in my memory. It has since become one of my favorite dishes and reminds me of home and of the family I almost am never able to see (they all either live in Hong Kong, Illinois, or Kansas). I used the Tillamook logo because I have a weakness for ice cream, and would like to visit the Tillamook factory in Oregon someday. Moving on, I do consider myself a particularly clean person, not just in the "well-organized" sense. I enjoy my environment being sanitary and free of dirt and possible germs. I have two 12-year old cats at home, Ming Ming and Ling Ling. Pictured in the top right is Ming Ming. Pictured in the left middle is Luciano Pavarotti. I often find myself listening to his music most days and he also represents my joy for singing. Pictured underneath the Tillamook logo is a South Korean toner that I use in my skincare routine. I had insanely terrible skin from 7th grade to recent years and became interested in Korean skincare as a means of taking care of it without the use of prescription acne medication. Pictured underneath Ming Ming is a Unitrans single-deck bus, as I am currently a Unitrans bus driver and it has very quickly become the only job I have ever genuinely enjoyed. I applied because I love driving regular cars, and soon began to love driving the buses.