Meryem's Portfolio

A blog for my Digital art! Click on Tags to get to my hidden pages with more refined organization.

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It’s  been a while

I haven’t updated this in about a year. I went through a struggle but I’m going to go back through photos and art and put more things into my portfolio. I hope anyone reviewing this will be excited to see my new, or new to you, works.

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Grade 12

Grade 12 has been one heck of a ride. I entered my last year of  and finally settled into an image that I felt empowered by. I helped my family learn to call me Mery or Meryem, I kept my hair short and settled with the teal colour in the icon for this blog. I still have my friends who I met and connected with in my first year at INSERT HIGH SCHOOL and made leader of INSERT COOL NAME k-pop group. I have unfortunately suffered with my health, both physical and mental, leading to diagnosis of endometriosis, Persistent Depressive Disorder(PDD) and ADHD. In better news I will be attending university next year, which will get it’s own post. Other than this, a few large milestones have happened for far in this year: 

-Nazis march in Charlottesville

-Houston floods after Hurricane Harvey

-Hurricanes Irma and Maria strike the US and Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico has yet to restore power to the entire island

-A lone gunman kills 58 in vegas, injures more

-Blast caused by truck bombing in Somalia kills more than 500 and injures more than 300

-Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi sells for US$450 million

-Russia banned from 2018 Olympics

-Korean celebrity Kim Jonghyun (SHINee) commits suicide in his home

-US Government briefly shuts down over DACA policies

-THEY CLONED MONKEYS IN CHINA

-Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting sparks the NeverAgain and March For Their Lives movements

-Meghan Markle and Prince Harry get married

-USA and North Korean Summit 

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I’M GOING TO UNIVERSITY

I am a little late in writing this post as I got my conditional acceptance in March but I got into my top choice program at my top choice university!

I will be attending Trent University come September 2018 for a Bachelor of Social Work degree. The first two years are general and you have to reapply for the specialized years so it’s not a 100% thing that I’ll get a B.S.W. but I’m on track for it!  I’ll be staying on campus in residence while I’m there as unfourtunately I have no family in the area to stay with to reduce costs, but thank the government as osap will be making it possible finances wise.

Thanks to all of my teachers who have supported me through my tumultuous journey through high school, and I look forward to visiting on my breaks.

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Grade 11

Grade 11 was a welcome change for me for a few reasons. I was entering my second year at INSERT HIGH SCHOOL and finally settled into an image that I felt empowered by. I helped my family learn to call me INSERT ELDRITCH SCREECHING, I kept my hair short and settled with the teal colour in the icon for this blog. I had my friend group, who have stuck by me until now, and formed new connections through the DANCE PEOPLE k-pop group. But while my school life and family life had looked up I struggled in my personal life at the hands of an emotionally abusive relationship for 5 long months. That event will not have it’s own post as while I am out of the relationship, it’s effects have not ended and so i don’t think I can truly talk about it objectively. Other than this, last year there were a few large milestones:

-Pokemon GO released

-2016 Summer Rio Olympics was held, the first held in South America

-Donald Trump elected as the 45th President of the United States x

-Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time since 1908

-Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds die within 24 hours of each other

-SpaceX relaunches an orbital rocket for the first time

-Millions of women join the Women’s March after Donald Trump is sworn in as president in response to his misogynistic and xenophobic manner

-Ariana Grande’s Manchester concert is bombed killing 22 and injuring over 500

-A fire in Grenfell Tower in London kills 71

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Grade 10

Grade 10 was a fresh start for me for a few reasons. I was entering my first year at INSERT SKOOL and had an opportunity to change things i was unhappy with about my image. I changed my preferred name in the school system to IRL FRIEDS NAME FOR ME, I cut my hair short and dyed it purple! I had no friends that followed me to SKOOL so I had to form an entirely new friend group, who have stuck by me until now. Among this year there are a few large milestones:

Volkswagen exposed for rigging fuel emissions tests

Liquid water found on mars

The Paris terror attacks by ISIL

The Zika outbreak

Cuba and USA resolve tensions including the first American visit to cuba since the roaring twenties

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I CAME OUT

I came out to my school as pansexual! I was met with a lot of ignorance at the school INSERT MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE but I made it through! I got asked a lot of intrusive questions, such as preferences that none of my peers who were straight were asked, by other students and I did my best to face them with dignity and pride in who i was and i continue to this day to try my best.

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GRADE 9

Grade 9 was an interesting year for me for a few reasons. I was attending Middle school 1.0, now Middle School 1.2. I had a few friends that have stuck with me even if we aren't as close as we used to be. Through everything that happened that year the most defining events will have their own posts the world saw lots of progression and sadness. Among these there are a few large milestones:

Lealah Alcorn committed suicide and many rose up for trans* rights in response

Pluto was close up photographed by NASA's New Horizons

Sepp Blatter resigns from FIFA among conclusion scandal

Gay Marriage legalized federally in the United States

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The skylines from my trip to Ottawa were too beautiful to not take photos of. I didn't do them justice

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As I am a white girl amateur photographer you probably expected that I have a few artsy pictures of flowers. Welp I didn't disappoint?

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this is an edit of works that are not mine but are used for non profit purposes

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Visit Original Link

this is an edit of works that are not mine but are used for non profit purposes

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More of my favourites from the Chihuly Exhibit

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My favourite capture at the Chihuly Exhibit at the ROM

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My Work

My work here will be heavily connected with myself and my experiences with social networks and with being a pansexual openly in my school and family. I will try to tie all my works together as much as each assignment allows. This blog will contain all of my semester’s work and likely works I’ve done in the past for work or previous classes. 

I wish to come up with works that will make people consider their views on sexuality and social media, not necessarily change it. I feel that if enough people regularily judge their own opinions themselves that people will be more likely to accept new information and therefore be more tolerant. I believe the easiest way to prompt one to do that is to let them absorb information that challenges their thoughts but not feels like an attack on that view from another person. In other scenarios one may jump to be defensive, but if one takes in the information by their own interpretation of something such as a song, film or art piece, they may tend to be more open to considering adjusting their opinions.

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10 Before 25

This section will include in no specific ranked order 10 things i want to have done before I turn 25. That leaves me until 2025 July 22. Included in this list will be self improvement goals as well as experiences I would like to have before I grow too old to use my experiences to my advantage or just to not let them dwell on me. I want to live a life of no regrets! If I complete any of these goals, I’ll reblog the post and include little snippets about the experience or what I may have learned! I hope this page gets any followers that they will enjoy and maybe learn from these posts

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Bujo pages that I find pretty or want to try

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Finish Highschool on

For many years my marks in school have not reflected my true capabilities. For those years, many things took their toll on my marks including mental illnesses, unknown dietary restrictions, and even a disorder with my uterus, endometriosis. I have hopes that since those have been identified and are getting treated that my marks will fully reflect my capabilities, and that this final semester I will be able to change my current average of 76 to one in the 80s or even higher.