Emily Baigle

The shauow casteu by .

Septembei 26, 2u1S
Nixeu meuia- photos anu clothing

Befense
When you look at this piece you will see what looks to be a few ianuom
unifoims anu a book that seem to have no possible connection to each othei what so
evei. These items aie all things that have a significant stoiy behinu them anu have
left a huge impact on my life anu specifically my athletic liteiacy histoiy.
I chose to cieate a shauow box because I felt that it was the most effective
way to show some significant items that iepiesent my liteiacy histoiy in athletics. I
also felt that the shauow box itself was a way to be able to show my cieativity by
allowing me to ieaiiange things in a moie appealing way.
All of the things in the box aie moie peisonal items that may neeu some
explanations to be completely unueistoou. Some things I felt that neeueu to be
incluueu weie my gymnastics leotaiu, a cheeileauing unifoim anu a book I ieceiveu
in memoiy of Buiiicane Katiina. The leotaiu shows wheie it all began foi me. When
I bioke my leg at the age of 4 I was in a full-leggeu cast foi a six-week peiiou, aftei
which I uevelopeu a limp anu got involveu in gymnastics as a foim of physical
theiapy. The book is the best iepiesentation I coulu biing in to show the huiiicane
that cut my life as a gymnast shoit. When the huiiicane hit I was about 1u yeais olu
anu we weie evacuateu fiom oui homes anu not alloweu back foi S months. I hau no
uesiie to finu a tempoiaiy gym to tiain in because of all of the stiess my paients
weie unuei. Aftei moving back home oui gym was seveiely uamageu anu not
iepaiieu foi anothei few months; that much time out of tiaining foi a gymnast is the
woist thing that coulu happen anu I chose to quit anu nevei go back. The unifoim
shows the stait up that I hau again aftei being out of spoits foi ovei a yeai. When I
moveu to Noith Caiolina on August 2S, 2uu6 I began the seaich to finu a new home
in gymnastics. Aftei months of seaiching I coulun't seem to finu a place I wanteu to
settle, but I uiu finu a gym connecteu to Southeastein uymnastics calleu Chailotte
Allstais Cheeileauing. It was something that seemeu completely uiffeient than what
I was useu to, but aftei being uiscouiageu with not finuing a gym to tiain in I gave it
a tiy. I immeuiately fell in love with the spoit because it was so easy foi me to pick
up with my histoiy in gymnastics.
Some things that I coulun't incluue weie my cast fiom when I bioke my leg
anu the cheeileauing unifoims I useu the most. The cast is missing because of the
constiaints of the box itself. I hau a cast that went fiom my uppei thigh to my foot,
anu even though I was only foui yeais olu it was still too big to incluue in the box. It
was the ieason I began gymnastics, which leu to me eventually going into
cheeileauing. I coulun't incluue the cheeileauing unifoims that I useu most because
my mothei lent them to my neighbois to weai foi Balloween this coming yeai. Even
with the pieces missing, I feel that the pieces I coulu iepiesent still allow the
auuience to have a look into my athletic liteiacy histoiy.