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Tell Us About Your Avatar

soulSenior Contributor05 Oct 2017, 10:28 pm AEDT

Tell Us About Your Avatar

Due to anonymity reasons, we can't have our face as our profile pic. I was wondering tonight about all the different pics I have seen on this Forum and the story behind them.

Some of you like me have animals. Maybe they are your pets. Others have inspirational sayings. There are ones with scenes on them and others that feature flowers or abstract designs.

My pic stems from my fascination with jellyfish. I love going to those huge aquarium places and watching the jellyfish. They are so serene and beautiful and make me feel calm. If I lived in a town that had a jellyfish display, I'd be there every week. Sometimes I watch videos of them. I use the good feelings I get from seeing them to lift my mood so each time I am on the Forum I am reminded of the beauty in the world and the peacefulness of their movements.

I hope you enjoy my pic half as much as I do.

I'll tag some people to encourage them to share their story. Please tag others so we can all participate easily.

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Bella1978Senior Contributor05 May 2018, 5:02 pm AEST

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@outlander @Queenie @soul @MDT
Mine is a quokka 😊 I wanted a pic that would make me, and others, smile when they see it.

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Bella1978Senior Contributor05 May 2018, 5:06 pm AEST

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@utopia ^^^

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AdgeSenior Contributor05 May 2018, 6:02 pm AEST

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My Avatar is a photo of the Red-Faced Parrot-Finch from New Caledonia.

I've kept several pairs of them in my aviary, over the past 20 years or so.

It's my favourite Finch species. They're a very active bird, with a lovely trill (call).

Adge

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outlanderSenior Contributor05 May 2018, 6:45 pm AEST

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i love your little quokka @Bella1978 he is really cute

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QueenieSenior Contributor05 May 2018, 6:53 pm AEST

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Your quokka is super cute @Bella1978. I like his happy little face around the place!

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utopiaSenior Contributor05 May 2018, 10:49 pm AEST

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I like your new picture @Queenie.
Love the quokka @Bella1978. Hope to see one in real life one day. It's on the bucket list.
I have a cockie as my avatar picture - because it is my bird. I feel a connection to cockies. I can go up to my mountain and meditate and listen to the cockie screech. To me it sounds nice. Safe.

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soulSenior Contributor06 May 2018, 11:51 am AEST

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I love reading biographies @Queenie. Gives you interesting insight beyond what is usually only seen in the public eye.

Yep - I'm in the milky way @MDT - we are just a miniscule part of it.

That pic is so cute @Bella1978 - it did make me smile.

Nice birds @Adge - hope all yours are doing well.

@utopia - everytime I see a cockatoo, I think of you.

Might be time to change my avatar soon. Probably still keep it as a jellyfish though.

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Unknown userMember07 May 2018, 5:47 pm AEST

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There are so many intersting Avatars around the forums. Really enjoying the diversity and noticing a bit of a nature theme 🌱🌻🌈

Mine is from the tv show Daria - which was one of my favourite things to watch when I was younger. I appreciate the humour of the writers (a sucker for sarcasm) and I like how it has a few quirky female lead characters.

In my avatar, Daria is also reading a book - and I spend most of my free time reading. I love learning about new things and I love how reading a book can sometimes change your perspective on things in really interestng ways.

Anyway that's my avatar. Look forward to reading more about yours! 🐀

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soulSenior Contributor07 May 2018, 6:22 pm AEST

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I loved that show @Former-Member. Yes, Daria has such a dry sense of humour. I don't read books nearly enough these days. Tend to look at stuff on the Internet but there's something special about turning paper pages that I miss.

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Sans911Senior Contributor07 May 2018, 6:30 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member.i haven't seen you around the forums before. I love reading too. I used to get into a lot of trouble at school because I would prefer to sit down the back and read.

My current avatar reflects the changes I am going through in my mental health journey. It's a time of reflection for me, a time of studying what makes me who I am, and how gave I been shaped into my identity, personality and character. I'm doing a lot of this reflection work with my pyschologist.

And nature is where I reflect the best. Not in the clinical environment of a clinicians office or the ebb and flow of a pysch ward.

So sitting on the end of a pier is a good place to be. It's also a place of beauty and wonder.

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