{"id":1231,"date":"2025-12-06T02:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2025-12-06T02:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:12:43","slug":"identity-mask-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/2025\/12\/06\/identity-mask-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/12\/themask-1-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/12\/themask-1-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/12\/themask-1-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/12\/themask-1-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/12\/themask-1-1274x1536.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/12\/themask-1-1699x2048.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My mask is attached above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I included, to the best of my ability, a simplified grid map of Brooklyn, and chose to attach it to the left(I know it&#8217;s on technically on the right in reality thanks to how pictures work but still) side of my forehead, as a lot of my time is spent reminiscing about the time in which I lived there. Many of my core childhood memories were made when I lived in Sheepshead Bay, so Brooklyn has always been something special and dear to me. I still have to commute there on the regular, so it&#8217;s not like it has completely left my life even today. I also have a massive leaf attached on the right side of the mask, as I have a deep liking towards nature and often go for strolls in parks all over the city in my free time. I also have two stripes running through most of the mask&#8217;s center, one blue one yellow, reflecting my nationality. My country of origin is a major source of pride for me, and it&#8217;s been instrumental in helping me understand myself and the land from whence I came. Even though I was born there, I constantly need some kind of reminder of where my origins lied, and I thought including the flag would help with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the right, I&#8217;ve drawn a couple of small-ish volcanoes, but tried to make them look somewhat like the Library of Alexandria since I am kind of fond of history, especially ancient history. The volcanic design mainly echoes my love for nature, which I already tried to express through the leaf, but I just thought it was worth bringing up. I do have some squiggly lines locked within geometric shapes present. They&#8217;re there because I wanted to try and bridge my interest in reading (especially nonfiction) and a burgeoning interest in math that I developed pretty recently. All the way on the right edge of the mask, I do have quite a few illustrations of buildings in the background, again reinforcing my interest in urban planning if the grid of Brooklyn on the left didn&#8217;t already. Finally, I have a monitor on top with a &#8220;run&#8221; button, since I also like to code in my free time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mask is attached above. I included, to the best of my ability, a simplified grid map of Brooklyn, and chose to attach it to the left(I know it&#8217;s on technically on the right in reality thanks to how pictures work but still) side of my forehead, as a lot of my time is spent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1251,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}