"This shows my ability to draw mountains over time" - Demetri Martin

I decided to choose this comedic picture as my wide emblem. My wide emblem is supposed to represent how i'm made, and how that affects the way I think.

The graph format is linked to many of the pages relating to my Career Discourse. My mathematical and economic background has been built on graphs (even 3-d ones!) so I have no problems interpreting or even making my own graphs to express myself.

My Family Discourse deals with many of my family vacations, one of the most frequent ones being skiing in various locales. The mountains remind me alot of how my family acts in this "home away from home". Our tendencies to act a certain way in unfamiliar places are a big part of who I am, even though familiarity may mask them. With skiing itself, I have been to the top of mountains and can appreciate nature's beauty, unlike when I was younger. I don't choose the easiest way down, most simply because it's boring. Having fun is an integral part of my life; i've always told myself that if I wasn't happy (read: bored) with my job, I .. well, I would simply never let this happen. Exploring detours and taking shortcuts is familiar territory to me as well; depending on my mood at the time, improvisation may become necessary.

I like alot of types of movies, including, but not limited to comedies, dramas, and action movies. In my Entertainment Discourse I focused on the original Batman movie. Although at first glance Batman seems like a dark action movie, I was able to find a bit of comedy in it. As the character Bruce Wayne is involved in business and the 'high life', so do I wish to be, some day.

Mountainous terrain reminds me of alot of places in China where I had visited at one time or another. Deep crevices show signs of history, how the mountain has been affected by certain elements of nature, reminding me how i've been affected by that very landscape. In my Community Discourse, my parents would remind me of stories of grandeur and poverty to both inspire and humble my brother and I, so that we'd never forget where we'd come from.

The last piece of my wide emblem comes from the general mood of my wiki. My writing style has always been very light and conversational, and i've tried to reflect that in all of my pages. The comedy of it all represents my tendency to look at things in a lighter, well, light.

Now what?

Now that my wide emblem is found, what do I do with it?  I know now how I think about problems .. and also how I don't think about them.  By concretely fleshing out these concepts in my head I can now take a look outside those blinders that are my experiences to see problems in a different way.