Jissa, Michael. Most recent selfie. September 2, 2024. Image gallery

I’m lying on the floor, surrounded by my physics and math related books, papers, journals, comic books, mangas, and my guitar. These represent the things I spend most of my time on, capturing how I often feel overwhelmed and sink into my this hobbies, to the point where I zone out of reality.

Jissa, Michael. face-centric selfie. August 18, 2024. Image gallery.
Unknown. Sticker, https://i.pinimg.com/736x/df/30/62/df3062c1167d095778538bc9f2b34f40–saint-lazarus-haile-selassie.jpg. September 2, 2024. Pinterest.

This is me on the rooftop of my house back in Ethiopia, on the day I left the country, which also happened to be my birthday. The traditional garment I’m wearing, called a ‘Gabi,’ was a gift from my aunt. Often associated with nobility, the Gabi symbolizes my pride in my ethnicity and the sticker represents my bloodline as a descendent of the Solomonic Dynasty. In the background, you can see the city where I grew up in, Addis Ababa.

Jissa, Michael. Face-less selfie. September 2, 2024. Image gallery

This image captures my passion for drawing.