Data Portrait

 

Data Portrait - A form of art which I had never heard before. A class started with the topic Data Portrait, a session shares about the different sight of visualizing things, numbers, data also feelings. As the concept and the word term has been used here was totally new and the content was moving beyond my expectations. 

During the session, many times I felt how it is possible? May be only unique creators can imagine thinks like this. A picture form of data, a colorful form of feelings, a shapes, a unrealistic figures which forms your memories, emotions, noise, smell and .....

As the session started for us, I try to conceptualize things differently. May be I could not add those things perfectly but somehow I tried. 

Let me explain my kind of "Data Portrait". 

As the session begin with the favorite color or your kind of color. As it was always a Blue, I didn't think twice to grab blue and started moving here and there in a rhythmic form. The blue has always been my favorite since childhood. Whenever someone ask me why Blue? or the time I use blue, it creates some kind of sensation or memories back into my mind. I find myself confidence and beautiful at the time when I wear blue. 

Next was sharing feelings, Can you see round or circle form of shape in my portrait with dark blue color? Yeah, exactly next to the first one. That was my feelings of the day or the way I was expressing myself. Round and Round. I completed my routine or my day in a same routine as usual. I didn't felt anything extra or interesting that day. It was like waken up in the morning and completing the regular task. So boring!

Third was "Age". Oh my god! Should I really need to do this? I questioned myself at the moment. I don't know should I really share this or not- "I feel old nowadays". I miss my age or that days back when I used to be care free, no responsibility, no extra headache, just roaming with my friends and enjoying the life. All these things were roaming inside my head when I drew red dots inside my rhythmic form of shapes. You will find out my age, if you count that red dots. 

After memorizing or expressing my past life in a red dots, next was- Family perspectives or emotions. The one and only things that hit me hard while talking about the family is "Noor" (My daughter). The most sweetest part of my life. The first thing I drew on this topic was the word "Love" with purple color. I try my best not to represent in exactly. The only reason to choose purple was, blue represent me and red represent my daughter- Bold and full of energy. (Blue + Red = Purple)

Moving head with the more data like core memory, voice, feelings, favorite food and continued. Talking or expressing the memory, I created lots of flowers with different shapes which shows or demonstrate my different memories which express varieties of emotions at the same moment.  As I always love hearing "Bansuri" and my forever favorite "Keema Noodles". So I drew Bansuri and keema Noodles- sorry I moved beyond the concept but I had no idea how to create these things in portrait. 

Reflecting this session opened a kind of new vision towards understanding the world. Believe me, I had never thought that numbers, shapes, colors even feeling and memories could be drawn like this. I count myself on a human who believed that data must be something fixed, but this class express that data can also carry emotions, stories and also personal identity. While creating my own data portrait, I felt so confused and also questioned - how can things that need to be express can be drawn in shapes and colors? But slowly, I realized that it is not about being perfect, it is all about expressing myself in a different way. 

In conclusion, the idea of a data portrait taught me that data is not only numbers or charts, but also the story of who we are. It gave me a new lens to look at myself and my life in an artistic yet meaningful way. What seemed impossible at first turned into a colorful expression of my identity. This experience made me realize that even simple shapes and colors can speak louder than words when they carry emotions. I may not have drawn a perfect portrait, but I created something that truly belongs to me—my story, my feelings, my life and my love and bonding towards my daughter. 

THANK-YOU