At first when you look at my self portrait, you just see some shapes. I had to do some research on what shapes mean and also the colors I used. Let me start of by saying that the black cross in the middle symbolizes transition, unity, hope which ties in to both sides of this piece.  And the large circle that seems to be the holder of everything represents wholeness, perfection, cycles, and life. Now, if you look at the right side, you'll see two upside down triangles. These shapes when up right, represent stability. When they are turned upside down though, they then represent instability, which symbolizes my childhood. It was very crazy and confusing. More so than other children's. As well inverted triangles also mean femininity and that suits me because I'm a girl. Now on to the colors of the triangles. One is yellow and one is a brilliant/bright red. The color yellow is associated with joy, happiness, freshness, and energy. It can often be used to issue warnings and is a lighthearted color. The light red similarly represents joy, passion, danger, and love which is more suited towards my more adventurous childhood. I chose this colors because I believe that it really represents my childhood, full of joy and innocence but a little dangerous.