Hi my name is Rebecca Viazzo and I'm Italian - Textual Poaching

Hi my name is Rebecca Viazzo and I am Italian.  My dad grew up in Italy and did not move to the United States until he was 15, so I have real Italian blood.  I grew up with the heated Italian arguments with my dad, screaming at the television when Italy won the World Cup, and my cute, little, old, Italian grandma putting mounds of homemade ravioli on our plate until we were literally going to explode. 

Thinking about what to do for my textual poaching project I thought back to our class readings.  I remembered Kalman’s photos and the “Retrospect –An American Classic Revisited.”  I knew I wanted to take something familiar, but make it my own.   I’m Italian.  It is in my blood.  It is in my name even. I knew I needed to find something that represented Italy.  With the Italian culture being so rich in beautiful art and architecture, I knew the hard part would be narrowing it down to just one. Looking back to a family trip we took to Italy a few years ago, I tried to remember all the beautiful art we saw there.  The Sistine Chapel, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the beautiful architecture in Venice and Florence, just to name a few.  However, I narrowed it down to the Roman Coliseum.  I knew I wanted to do this because it was my past but it is also my future.  I have been called to be a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Italy Rome mission.  Not only is this where my family and heritage are, but it is where I will be for the next year and a half loving and serving the people. I decided to put this on in the form of makeup on my face because my Italian heritage is so much part of who I am. It is something that I carry with me everywhere.  The Italian flag is my heritage and the Coliseum represents the creative side of me that is influenced by the Italian culture in my life.