Self-expression is showing your feelings or thoughts, especially by making or doing something: painting, writing, music, dance, acting. The aim is not only to pass a message, like a weather report. It is to let other people see something of who you are. Art teachers love this word.

Self-expression is Self-expression 是 showing your feelings or thoughts把你的感受或想法呈現出來，especially尤其是 by making or doing something透過做出或演出某個東西：painting繪畫、writing寫作、music音樂、dance舞蹈、acting表演。The aim目的 is not only不只是 to pass a message傳一則訊息，like a weather report像天氣預報那樣。It is而是要 let other people see讓別人看見 something of who you are一點「你是誰」。Art teachers美術老師 love this word很愛這個字。

Though actually, people stretch it a long way now. Clothes, hair, a bedroom wall, even a social-media page get called self-expression, and that is looser than the studio meaning.

Though actually不過老實說，now現在 people人們 stretch it a long way把它拉得很寬。Clothes衣服、hair髮型、a bedroom wall房間的一面牆，even a social-media page甚至一個社群頁面 get called self-expression都被叫做 self-expression，and that而那 than the studio meaning比畫室裡那個意思 is looser鬆多了。

It is a noun. We say "a form of self-expression" or "self-expression through writing," not "I self-expression." It is also not the same as "expressing yourself" in the thin sense of speaking clearly so people get the facts.

It is a noun它是名詞。We say我們說 "a form of self-expression"一種自我表達的形式 or或 "self-expression through writing,"透過寫作的自我表達，not不說 "I self-expression."。It它 also也 is not the same as不等於 in the thin sense薄薄那個意思的 "expressing yourself"，of speaking clearly就是把話說清楚 so people get the facts讓別人接到事實。