Description: My family and friends say I never scrapbook "ME". I hate scrapbooking me, but I am going to try three layouts about me. The Physical me, The Spiritual me and the Mental me. Here is the LO focusing on the Physical me. Being multi-racial I thought I would focus on some of different physical characteristics of each race that make me, "Me". I wanted to use different shades of brown and orange paper to express the combinations of brown that are in my skin. I did not want an obvious picture so I added the handmade face and the book in the left hand corner which has pictues of me. I used the stitching as a metaphor of showing the diversity in cultures and traditions in my family. There is hidden journaling under the mask it reads:
I could talk about the diversity of cultures in my home,
what a family reunion looks like, our traditions, our struggles,
the prejudice from outsiders, but I choose not to journal about
those topics. I want to walk you through a typical elevator ride with
The Girl with Combination Skin. This never seems to fail each time
I get on an elevator with me and one other individual. Usually, I am
the first to enter, since I am impatient. I always stand in the middle of
the elevator, I seldom operate the floor panel buttons. When the door
closes, it is now just me and the other person. I know what is about to
happen, I sometimes chuckle to myself anticipating the glances and
questions, so from here I just wait…I see the person's head turn and
quickly glance at me, hoping, I am not watching, but I am, so they smile
and turn away. I think, here we go, the game is on... I look down and scare
at the floor, trying to not give any sign that I am watching this person,
Oh but I am. As I am looking down, I get another glance. When I don't
look up, the glance now becomes a stare. The person thinks I don't
see them, so I look up and the person quickly turns around.
I am thinking, Yep, I busted you staring at me. The game continues…
I now get another glimpse, disguised this time by looking from the side
of their eyes. I think, you are not that good, how stupid do you think I am?
So, I start laughing, and the person turns around looking at me, usually
making eye contact. Next, I make the statement, “Go ahead and ask”…
I never led the statement any further then that, but I know what is coming.
The person than expresses a huge feeling of relief…
Here it comes, I am thinking……“What is you nationality?” or
“What is or National Origin?” If I am feeling particularly mischievous that
day, and I really want to throw the game off, I say, “ You start guessing
and when you get it correctly I will let you know.”
Thinking, you will never guess correctly, so you will never know
when we both exit this elevator. Of course the person starts guessing…
the door opens and we exit the elevator. The person stands there looking
at me as I walk away, sometimes they will say as I walk away, “Ok, what is it?”
If I start feeling sorry for the person, I will yell as I walk away,
What the Girl with Combination Skin's ingredients are…if it is a mischievous
day, I just start laughing and disappear in the building somewhere….
I want everyone to understand when this happens, I do not get upset or offended....I find it interesting and quite funny...

Here is the differences listed on the left side under the word skin:


American Indian
Extremely Thick Hair
Red Skin in the summer
Almond shaped eyes
High Cheek bones
Predominant Nose bridge
Long Lean upper body

African American
Wavy Hair
Mocha Skin in the Winter
Dark eyes
Broad Face
Rounded Nose
Round Hips

Caucasian
Red Hair Highlights
Freckles all year
Light flecks in eyes
Round face
Smaller shaped nose
Large Bone structure