This composed picture shows my understanding of the image of American super hero, and my dream of being able to see the world with my own eyes and understanding of what superpower is. I believe greater responsibility comes with greater power, so I’d rather wish I didn’t have supernatural abilities. But, I do believe using humor and a slight of banter wouldn’t hurt my or the superhero’s image. Well, first of all, I believe the number one responsibility of superhero is the mission to save the world and make sure peace actions take place on earth. That’s why in this picture, me, as the revised superwoman is trying to hold up the bridge from falling off and destroy the huge ‘monster’ (which is obviously only a construction machine, but through my angle, it turns out to be the huge freak to break the gorgeous rainbow bridge of RPAC) with the pink laser coming out from my eyes and a CHOCOLATE (Reese) bomb to hit the monster.
I chose superman because it is the first western, especially American impression for me. I watched the superman TV show when I was 6 years old and I was so impressed by the different looks of westerners and all kinds of advanced technology and interesting plots. The ‘wonderful’ first impression of western world just embedded in a 6-year-old girl. After I grew up, I began to see more American superhero animations and movies, I realized superman may not be my favorite hero, which is spider man, but anyway, superman means more than just a handsome westerner with enormous super powers, it is my initial dream of going out of my space and seeing the world with my eye, not through TV. That’s why I envy his ability of flying so much. I’d love to see the world in my own eyes. So if I could fly, that would save me from a lot of trouble and dollars….
I put the chocolate under my left hand looking like a bomb to create a sense of humor. I know the priority job of superhero is to save the world from evil destructions and I shouldn’t use bomb to contribute more destruction, so I chose the eco-friendly and people’s favorite snack—chocolate to punish the vicious.
The inspiration of the background originated from my preference of RPAC. I personally think the architecture of RPAC itself is really amazing, especially the rainbow bridge. I was astonished the first time I walked past it. But the other day, when I walked past it, I noticed the construction totally destroyed the aesthetic appeal of the overall scene. I was kind of pissed off. And the noise from the construction place annoys me all the time. So I purposely use the construction as the representative of evil side. I want to have the laser eye power because I’ve been wearing my glasses since forth grade, I would be super happy if I could just take off the glasses and have the perfectly sharp eyes just like Clark whenever he has to save the world.
I know superman don’t exist and whatever supernatural abilities human create for their hero is because humans are so terrified of losing and they realize the limitations of their abilities. I have the same feelings. I have great expectations for myself but I’m afraid I don’t have enough power to realize them. So with a little sense of humor and a little imagination, here I am flying and saving the world!!
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