The power of portrayal
What is the power of portrayal? Why is it important that we see ourselves in the pictures, the fiction, and the media that surround us? Because people define themselves in reaction to, and in relation to, what they perceive around them. All of us are suggestible, to one degree or another. We react to peer pressure, and to social norms. The messages we send All creative people should consider the issue of representation. Our creative products, be they songs, visuals, stories, or other things, send messages….