Khanh
Khanh’s drive, identity, and hopes are strongly linked to her academic performance and ability to present herself as put together. So when she expressed how this is no longer something she can hold to be true, it engendered many hopeless feelings where she dwelled in despair. Her future seemed to disappear in front of her eyes and it seemed foolish to hold high hopes and dreams, almost in a state of learned helplessness. The image making process again depicted this state of one just dwelling in the dark, tired, and frustrated as hope seemed to wane. Khanh’s discussion made it clear that it can be hard to reassemble oneself when the root of who she is challenged and it can create an emptiness and fear of returning to state where that can again be ripped away from her.
