The Art of Being

paint uses black and white makeup (usually

eyeliner) to make the one wearing it look

Yourself inhuman. Clown core on the other hand is an
By: Ren.
aesthetic surrounding clowns, jester and

mimes. While these are two very different

Many people will never fully
aesthetics, Breanna makes them work by
understand the meaning of “being yourself.”
keeping the clothing more to street wear.
For Breanna Larsen, the struggle of being

herself is not about being true, it is more

about being deaf to the outside world.

Breanna Larsen is a freshman and

everything about her is strange and unusual.

You have probably seen her around in the

hallways. Considering she is not hard to

point out. Despite the crude environment of

Millard West High school and even her day Breanna in her makeup.

to day life, she keeps true to herself and

wears what she wants. Even if the words

that are thrown at her are unnecessary.

Her goth-like aesthetic is actually

called corpse paint goth and she mixes it

with another style called clown core. Corpse

 The style is actually fairly easy to thrown out into the air. Breanna touched

obtain. Breanna buys most of her clothes base on these things and stated, “The most it

and makeup from Walmart, Target, and affects me on a daily basis is the whispers

and stares… people are never as good at

hiding their stares… uncomfortable shouting

or inappropriate comments directed at me

from strangers. Mainly at the Mall, the Mall

is the worst.”

This doesn’t just happen at the mall,

it happens at school too. She has gone to

authorities, but even they seem to be against

her expression. What good is ‘freedom of

expression’ when the expression is

Goodwill. Most of her jewelry is from oppressed. She has left school due to the
Spencer’s, and her tights are all from Hot discrimination from security guards and a
Topic. And while she does not like buying certain Assistant Principal.
things online due to never knowing if the

size would be right, she does buy Yet, despite social norms and the
somethings from an online store called pressure to conform to them, she continues
Killstar. wearing what she wants. “I dress this way
Breanna's style. purely for my own joy. No matter how much
As stated before though, dressing
hateful sentiments and others of the such
differently can have serious backlash and
people send my way I would never be able
unnecessary and inappropriate comments
to change it and live with myself. I enjoy difficult thing. She has found what makes

how I look in my makeup and clothing,” her happy. She has mastered the art of being

Breanna said when asked about it. Because yourself.

it doesn’t matter what other people think,

but it still hurts.

Her friends like it too, Trinity Rash

(freshman) said, “I like it a lot. I think it’s

really cool to look at.” Mia Kolobara

(freshman) said, “I think her style is really

cool and I love that she doesn’t let other

people try to suppress her creativity.”

In conclusion, she is different and

that is true, but she is still human. Her style

and personal choice of expression will never

change that. By being true to herself has

opened doors of intense and unforgettable

events, but she has not let that change her.

Still, words will hurt her and as long as

people despise things that are different, the

hate won’t stop. But neither will she.

Breanna Larsen has done a very rare and