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About Me
My name is Jazzmyne Haines, and I’m from Mount Desert Island, Maine. I’m working toward a double Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art and New Media, and I want to become some form of multimedia artist when I’m finished with college.
Artwork is a fairly large part of my character and something I think is important in my life. It helps me process my surroundings, bring new ideas to light, and explore new ways to render objects and concepts and please the senses of those who look at them. In a time when plenty of things are automated and neural networks are beginning to dominate the creative space, I find comfort in being able to draw or paint something with my own hands. It helps me connect my mind with my physical self, keeping me grounded in situations where I’d otherwise get lost in my own head.
I think it’s important for all humans to learn ways to express themselves creatively. It doesn’t necessarily have to be through visual arts, either. You could do it through playing an instrument, crocheting, decorating your living space, snapping photos on an old Polaroid, or making a warm bowl of pumpkin bisque. Doing something creative even for just a small block of time per day helps you maintain a little bit of control and calm in a chaotic reality, which is especially important now as we witness our old paradigms of knowledge about the world morph into something that becomes more surreal by the minute.
Logo Explanation
I made this logo out of a blend of simple shapes and hand-drawn elements, because I use both to create my digital artwork. The space, made up of rectangles that progress from teal to tan, represent a sandy beach beneath a clear sky. I wanted to invoke places like Sandy Beach and Seal Harbor on Mount Desert Island, both of which are places I used to visit frequently when I was young. Beaches are places where I find the necessary calm to sort my thoughts, so I can create things again if I find myself stuck. The lapping of waves against the shore is a meditative sound to me, like nature’s singing bowl.
In the bottom-center is a sketchbook, one of my favorite things to draw on. The only things rendered on its pages are my initials, just for the sake of identifying the person the portfolio belongs to. Otherwise, the sketchbook is blank, waiting for someone to fill up the empty space. I like the anticipation and potential energy contained in a blank page — it could become anything you want it to be, like your own small world nestled between the cotton fibers and metal rings. A pale field sown with the seeds of countless stories, you just need to feed them with graphite and water them with your ideas.
