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What defines me?

Who we are, and what we are a product of.

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What defines me?
Andrea Posada Escobar

The subliminal line between the conscious and the unconscious-

The division between personal perspective and worldly perception.

Who am I?

The delicate interworking's which define an individual and isolate them from the transparencies of modern philosophy.

The gray haze of expectancy looming pervasively-

What defines me?

I am the consequence of creativity and intellectuality molded by the presence of pop culture.

What I become and what I accomplish is shielded by the world’s conscious effort for limitation.

Full potentiality is mustered when the unconscious becomes the cornerstone of spontaneity and reaction.

Only then will one truly be original.


In a culture where finding yourself is marketed as eminently pivotal for true individualism, how do we distinguish between who we are and what we are a product of? The millennial generation cries out in celebratory acknowledgment to those who dare to be different. Freedom revels in identity expression through art, music, pop culture and fashion as outlets for the individual to well, be themselves. Individualism, quirkiness and oddity are no longer haphazardly disregarded as variable outliers. Rather, these cultural outsiders are undoubtedly praised.

Many have presumed uniqueness is becoming a fad. However, what is uniqueness if everyone is seemingly unique? Individuality and authenticity are not measurable by man-made artifacts. Moreover, individualism is not an act viable by choice but your true being- your presence, actuality and existence. Marketed cultural expectation will never define an individual. Uniqueness and creativity are not denotations of character by secularist perspective. Finding yourself and becoming who you were meant to be in vocation is not mediated by cultural byproducts.

In a culture where finding yourself is defined by factors which may expire, how do we distinguish between who we are and what we have become a product of? The answer is justifiably simple, we must not place personal value and identity in cultural progression and idealism. Reaching true individual potential is subliminally a rejection of societal expectation and value. Boundless-

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