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Thought Process Paragraph To arrive at the concept of determination, I first thought through multiple broad ideas I could use and/or pair with pictures. Determination was my favorite because I set high goals for myself, and I need to use determination to (hopefully) arrive at each of my future expectations. Also, I knew there were many visual images I could use to enunciate the concept. First, I thought of Lance Armstrong and his fight against cancer, so I could have used a picture of him crossing the finish line. Then, I thought of the more vague idea of anyone riding his or her bike up a very steep mountain. For some reason, this triggered the thought of a bridge, because of a saying I once heard, but I could not completely remember the saying, so I trashed that idea. Finally, I remembered the quote “There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.” I knew I somehow wanted to incorporate that quote into my visual and verbal representation. When I searched for images, there were hundreds of pictures of tunnels, many of them very interesting with light and dark contrasts. The picture I chose is black and white, which makes the light at the end of the tunnel much more imminent. Also, I saw that the picture was taken in Pittsburgh-not too far from home. It was definitely going to be the picture in my mixbook. Next, I had to think of what I wanted to write. I knew I did not want to use the exact quotation, because that would lack in originality. Instead, I paraphrased, and made my own definition of determination.

Works Cited Gingrich, Dave. Armstrong tunnel. 2005. Flickr. Web. 6 November 2009. .