Portrait Proposal

It has taken a while for me to figure out what I want to do with this project.  I think it's really hard to choose what parts of yourself you want to depict; it's often much easier to portray another because you show what you see.  Obviously knowing myself so well I'm struggling most with filtering through ideas.  I think for the 'non self portrait' I want to work with images that involve a focal point that maybe isn't on screen.  I want to show levels and layers in the image that are ambiguous of the idea that maybe the surface isn't all there is to me.  One example is of an image I took recently of a horse I work with showing down his neck across his back but not including his face.  For the portrait image I want to look at my hands specifically.  Being an artist I obviously use my hands a lot between making work and writing.  I also believe fully in the idea that your hands can speak as much as your mouth or show as much emotion as your eyes.  When I work with horses my hands are a tool that speaks a language with them that maybe doesn't always make sense in words.  I can convey to a horse what my emotions and intent are without having to use my voice.  I think these ideas connect together through not necessarily showing my face but still discussing my voice.