6.1 Representing the Self

I have thought long and hard about choosing an avatar image to represent my online presence. One that I can use in different settings that is not rude, crude, whacky, businessy etc.. I like the idea of anonymity, yet reality, I like creativity rather than 'Plain Jane' face shots. Yet I do respect faceshots as avatars, the genuine nature says mountains. So I have chosen an inbetween avatar image, that is both creative yet authentic.

I am choosing to use a sunflower as the main background to my face, which I can change depending on my mood and creativity with other sunflower images and face shots that I can take myself (gives me an excuse to garden more!)

The image is a mesh of a sunflower and my face, both images I took myself. I love sunflowers, I grow them for colour and to collect seed to feed our chooks and to sprout for eating. The image represents the bright side of my life, a connection I have to the garden and life as one with nature. My face is not happy, not sad, I'm viewing the world, an observer, an internet avatar that I hope develops enquiry.

I'm choosing to use the below CC licence.

Flower Avatar by Noah Kololo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.