O'Shea+Metaphor



The Strange Adventures - Maggie Taylor This picture really insipred me because when I was a little kid I would always read "Alice Through the Looking Glass" which is Alice in Wonderland in book form. This was always my favorite part, when she fell down the rabbit hole into the unknown. I always dreamed about a fantasy world and what it would be like to escape from reality for even a little bit. I always was jealous of Alice, because she got to go on an adventure. I love the cards spinning around, it really gives the sense of falling down into a new world. The thing that drew me the most though was how face her calm looks.

Untitled - Francesca Woodman There is something really unique about this picture that really draws me in. I love the sense of 'on edge' this photo gives. It feels as though the door could fall at any second, and yet there is some beauty in the fear of the door falling. I have no idea how this door was balanced this well but it really creates an interesting photograph.

Untitled - Julianne Kost I relate to this photograph a lot. The girl in the picture looks scared and uncertain what is coming for her, and the small house in the back represents a bad life I am guessing. The fence is the most interesting part for me, I feel that this girl is trapped by her mind. The fence goes right over her face as if there is no way for her to escape were she came from or who she is. This photo is full of emotion and it really interests me alot.

"And I don't want the world to see me Cuz I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am" Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

I chose these lyrics because Iris is one of my all time favorite songs. You can listen to it in any mood you are in and take something different from it each time. I took the tone of sadness and hopelessness this time. These lyrics mean that you are hiding who you are from the world because you will be judged and they will think you are weird because they do not understand. The thing these kind of people want though is to want one person to know who they are and understand why they are the way they are and be a friend. This could also be taken another way, such as a love song almost because the singer could be saying that nobody understands or is willing to understand like the person they love is.

The above images and lyrics will influence my project because i want there to be a sad or overall gloomy feel to the metaphor, i feel that this is much more powerful than just happiness. Also I personally am more drawn to the darker sadder images and I can relate to that a lot more, so portraying that mood will be stronger for me because I feel that.