"I"

These days, Identity is something that quite a few people take for granted. Identity is, however, something which some people search all their lives for, longing to find who it is that they really are.

Why do we, as human beings, strive to find our own identity?

Part of it, is self image and the desire to stand out in a crowd. Another is self esteem - if you are comfortable with who you are you are generally more confident within yourself. That doesn't mean to say that you're an outgoing person - you could be a quiet person, but happy with that and therefore you'd feel no need to either strive to be loud (something you are not) or you'd constantly feel threatened or anxious that you are quiet, and wonder what people may think of you.

On the other hand, you could be a very loud person who is not comfortable with being so; perhaps it is a defence mechanism or a way of compensating for some other quality that you feel you wrongly lack.

Anthropologically speaking, the concept of identity is much more general; comprising of background, country of origin, ethnicity, and for Forensic or Biological Anthropologists, a person's identity can be seen in unique markers that can be found on your body or skeleton - your fingerprints are unique to yourself, for example.

Philosophers explore the concept of "I" and what we mean by this word. Whilst at Warwick University, studying English Literature, I explored this idea, and discussed how we as human beings create our own identity, through a performance piece I was required to do for an exam. The below vlog (a crossover vlog between The Human Condition and my Arts blog, Fiery Rockets - www.fieryrockets.blogspot.com) discusses my group's findings and difficulties in tackling this subject.