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Sabrina McMenamin

Collage Meaning

(Personal collage)

“BE BRIGHT”- represents staying bright and happy and not letting things bring you down

“TO THE BEACH”- the beach is a happy place

2012- The year we’re in and also so many stories that are behind the four numbers “2012”

Snowboards- I used to snowboard race and my family was all very involved in it and many family trips were involved in that so I have 5 snowboards on the collage to represent everyone in my family and it is something that has and will always bring us all together

Sequence gold bow- Gold and sequence is something me and my older sister both love so its just another thing involving family

Blake Lively- represents a roll model to me in a way and me and my sisters have watched many movies and shows with her in it and we all love her

Chanel perfumes- I where Chanel perfume because my mom got it for me for as a surprise because she heard me say I liked it and I put three on my collage to represent me and my sisters

Skull- My whole family has this weird obsession with skulls we have very cool skull things in our home and its something we are all a part of

Gold wings- I love the color gold and wings I think are my favorite symbol because I interpret wings as freedom and I believe very much in having your own freedom

American Flag- our country

Rosary- I am Christian, I have a mom who very much believes in god, I had my first holy communion and every one in my family where’s a cross

Jersey 18- My favorite number has always been 18 and it is my number for all sports and I think everyone who knows me would know 18 is my favorite number

Cheetah- Cheetah is another family thing, everyone in my family loves cheetah, my older sisters bedroom is cheetah as well as my parent’s room and the rugs on my stairs in my house are cheetah

“CARPE DIEM”- My parents built our house and are so obsessed with our home, they also named our house “carpe diem” and it says it on a lifesaver that is hung in my pool area

Goggles- When I was snowboard racing my sister won a pair of goggles and mine were ruined and I was really upset and she gave me the ones she won and they looked like the ones I put on my collage

Ralph Lauren- I was dressed in ralph Lauren when I was little and sometimes our whole family would match in ralph Lauren clothing

Rope- Represents to keep climbing even when you feel down because bad things happen but you cant let that stop you, you have to keep going and living your life until you get to something new because you cant get anywhere else if you stop climbing

Map- my family and I have done a lot of traveling also with ross I’ve done a lot of traveling and also the part of the map in my collage is Italy and my dad is very much Italian and we went to many places in Europe together

Money- For good fortune and success in life

Heart- I definitely wanted to put love in my collage but I didn’t want to use a <3 so I decided to use an actual human heart. Love is a very complicated but important thing in my life, always has been

“AMORE” “LIEBEN”- my little sister and I always tell people we are Italian and my mom gets mad because we aren’t just Italian we are also German and Irish and English so the two nationalities we are that are in a different language happen to be German and Italian so I wrote love in BOTH those languages

“Be carful who...”- I have had a lot of drama and problems with trusting the right people so I always make sure I have saying and reminders to tell me to trust only yourself and your family because you really cant trust anyone else for sure (at least my experience)

Shaun white- Shaun White is a famous snowboarder and the mountain I have a house at a race was held there and I saw Shaun White

Sneakers- represents again freedom and having rights

Ying yang- represents keeping your life balanced

My philosophy is staying happy, finding true love, and staying in love. Family is so important, the way you treat your family and the times you spend together. Always staying busy with things you love to do, do that for yourself but also so you don’t have time for drama or anything to bring you down. Stay positive, be nice to everyone and treat people the way you want to be treated. Eliminate people in your life who don’t deserve you. Sometimes your friends don’t last forever but your family does. Treat people equal and do what makes you happy, don’t try and please everyone because at the end of the day all that really matters is if you were/are happy. Fight for things and learn from mistakes, no one is perfect.