Starting art portfolio

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+layout: sublime
+title:  "Art Portfolio"
+date:   2016-04-09
+permalink: art_portfolio
+---
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+## Artist's Statement
+One aspect about me that most people do not know about is that I have a passion for Art.
+If you were to ask someone “who is Brandon Chong” they might say things like “oh, he’s a funny guy” or “he is a complete nerd that talks more about math and computers than his social life”.
+It is true that I love math and I have always perceived the subject to be one where I can prove to my peers that I am intelligent in my own way, but art does something more than just that.
+To me art is not merely “objects made with great skill and imagination” or “the process of giving a physical form to one’s own creativity”, but rather a way for me to expresses my emotions in ways no other language can.
+When I make art, I am effectively showing others exactly what I feel; rather than letting others interpret my emotions, I show them.
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+Art is also a therapeutic process for me.
+Similar to the Picture of Dorian Gray, my artworks get to retain the emotions that I do not want to feel.
+When I am mad, I can always paint a picture and when I get up form my chair, I look back at the painting and feel happy.
+Dorian Gray commits “ugly” crimes and his self-portrait gets uglier, but he retains his natural beauty.
+Similarly, my pictures retain all the hate, anger, misery and stress I might accumulate throughout the day, which leaves me with only happiness.
+Art is a passion of mine that many do not know I have.
+I pursue art because it helps me truly express my emotions and is a therapeutic process for me.