July 2017

LOGO Writing Piece

This piece of writing was created for my Writer’s Portfolio in my 9th Grade Honors Literature class. We were given the assignment to create a logo that describes ourselves or something that has happened in our life. It is an anecdote that describes how having eczema has impacted my life and shaped me into who I am today.

When I was a one-year-old, my family discovered that I had eczema. Eczema is a skin condition where one has rough, or dry skin that becomes irritated very easily if not treated correctly. This hand represents the struggles that I have experienced throughout my life because of my condition. The little circles drawn in several areas on the back of the hand stand for the spots and scars that I have owned since the first year of my life. The tips of the fingers are purposefully drawn to create a “frowny face” and to create the structure of the nose and eyes. The eyes on all the fingers except the thumb are shaped like teardrops to signify the sadness I kept bundled up inside as a kid.

All the times that I was given weird looks, teased, and stared at made me miserable because I always thought that I could never be like everyone else.

However, the finger that possesses the most meaning is the thumb. It is deliberately designed as the tip of the thumb to be a “smiley face” and the eyes to form a sun to symbolize happiness. It means that I have discovered happiness within having eczema. I have learned how to deal with it and have realized that everyone has their own internal battle of some kind or another. This is mine.

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