Theological Beginnings

I was looking at a post discussing the proper place to begin theologically, with creation being posited as the correct place. It seems to me that Anthropology would be the correct point from which to start. Every theological category begins and ends from our perception, our self-awareness. Everything rises and falls from our perception (true, life goes on beyond our perception, but beyond our perception it is practically meaningless until such time as it enters our sphere of awareness). Creation, even the concept of god, is secondary to our self-awareness and arises from it. Before you get to creation, there is the one observing and aware of creation. Creation without self-awareness is meaningless. God, without self-awareness, is meaningless. Of course, anthropology is impossible without other categories (such as creation), but everything relates back to the individuals perception. What is it that is perceiving - what is man? What am I? That seems to me a natural place to start.