McCollum-Metaphor


 * Visual Metaphor**

1. Picture 1 is by Jason de Caires Taylor. This image has inspired me because you don't really see this on a daily basis and how this photographer has shown his under water masterpiece, it looks incredible. Who ever would think about making a mob of people, made out of clay/cement, and put them underwater. No one would really see them so that's why Jason is very inspiring because he took his sculptures and photographed them for the world to see.

2. Picture 2 is by Julieanne Kost. This image ispired me because it kind of tells a story about many years ago. Kind of like Pocahontas and her story about how they find the baby in the river. There is a darkness in the sky and the color of the canoe is a light green making there be a little hope is inspiring that something can happen at any time.

3. Picture 3 is by John Paul Caponigro. This image was inspiring to me because it showed the various colors of the sunset on the ocean water. It almost also looks like he was skipping rocks and took a picture of it as it was skipping. You can also really see the vibration in the waves its producing. I liked the picture mainly because of the colors, starting in the sunset orange in the back and the oceans natural color blue towards the front.

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"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away"

I chose these lyrics because they mean a lot to me, because before my great grandpa died a few years ago he used to hold me on his rocking chair and sing this song to me.

This song was written by John S. Hurt and sung by Johnny Cash.

This visual metaphor shows that line "you are my sunshine", is like someone means a lot to you and they are bright and fun.

Other interpretations that someone might have for these lyrics would be maybe they think that the other person is someone who could brighten their day if their having a bad one, and they shouldn't leave them because they like being with that person.

These lyrics could influence my project because it comes from the heart and it actually has meaning to me and a part of my life. Every time I hear the song i think about him and using this for my project it could show me that someone really meant a lot to me. The metaphor i wanna portray would be that no matter who the person is, they mean a lot to you and they brighten your day and you never want them to leave, but sometimes they have to for the better.