Psychology and Photography

I'm increasingly interested in my psychology class day by day. We just finished studying motivation and personality. I learned a lot about myself, my motives, my patterns, the gospel (believe it or not), and my relationships. I learned about how much I really tell about myself in my actions. I knew that I told on myself in some way or another, but I never realized the extent to which I tattle. Just reading and studying made me want to change and be better (perhaps to tell better things of myself, and still maintain congruency in my conscience?)

Also aiding in my realization was my photography class. When our photography assignments are due, we pin up our pictures on the back wall. Then the professor goes to each and every picture and we as a class pick it apart. We say what components make it a good photograph. Then we interpret the feeling the artist is portraying. We have done this several times, but this time was especially different. As the sememster has gone on, I've talked to and gotten to know all the people in my class, so listening to the mood of their work told a lot about them. Sometimes the mood we interpreted wasn't the mood the artist was trying to portray, but instead a mood that reflected on them (which was true of one of my photos. I tried to portray something getting under our skin, but the class interpreted beauty and new life. They also said a lot of things that revealed me. Pretty weird.) They did that to all four of the photos I displayed. They all had a theme, which I didn't realize, but all four showed the beauty of feminine power. Which is something I focus on and feel as I prepare for marriage and future motherhood (which in my opinion is the ultimate beauty). Very interesting, indeed.