This Road is Not a Road

Jemerson23 is one of the most exciting people I’ve ever known. She likes football and her dog, which is a black lab. Her favorite color is blue, she adores spending time with friends and family. Her favorite season is Summer because it means she gets time to do what she enjoys. 

Jemerson23’s avatar looks a little something like this:  it’s a square where, on the right side of the road is a yellow background, and on the left of the road is a blue background with a sun in the uppermost left corner. On the road, there are two black rectangles, one on top and one on the bottom separated by a white H. After analyzing the avatar I made some predictions, I thought the sun would be for summer, the road for travel, the blue representing sadness, and yellow for happiness, and I honestly had no idea what the black rectangles were for. 

Had Jemerson23 not explained to me that the road wasn’t a road I wouldn’t have known that it was supposed to be two black rectangles to represent her black lab and the White H means how, “On Sunday my family comes over and we eat, bond, and it’s also because my brother played football.” Jemerson23 told me that it meant much more to her than just what it appeared to the common eye. I was also wrong when trying to decipher what the blue on her avatar meant, I assumed blue being a sad color probably represented sadness but, “I associate my favorite color with my favorite thing which happened to be my friend’s.” Jemerson23. I never would have guessed that had she not told me. It’s so interesting to see how other people’s minds work.

The other two quotes from Jemerson23 about her avatar were about the color yellow and the sun.  She said that yellow reminds her of her family because “the sun is usually out which is why I associate yellow with family” Jemerson23. Again, the average person, like myself, may have thought yellow would signify happiness which it sort of does since I’m sure Jemerson23’s family brings her happiness, it specifically it signifies how the sun is usually out when she is with said family. This next quote is honestly very similar, talking about how she enjoys, “Hot, summer in the sun, no school, hanging with friends, all things I love.” Jemerson23. She drew a sun in the corner of her avatar because she loves Summer and how she gets to do all the things she loves and not be drowned by school, work, and all those other stressors.

Featured Image: “Road” by Dino ahmad ali is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Avatar by Jemerson23