Lauren+Benkowski+Metaphor



The first photograph is shot by Jason DeClaries who is a sculpture that puts his sculptures under water which I think is very interesting. I've never seen something like this but I think that its very cool to think of something as interesting as this. The second photography is shot by Julianne Kost which shows a feel of lighting when the colors are coming through the window. The third photograph is shot by Sandy Skoglund and she took pictures of objects that were very strange but made them into very appealing pictures.

“I let it fall, my heart, And as it fell you rose to claim it, It was dark and I was over." These lyrics are from the song "Set fire to the rain" By Adele. I chose this song because the lyrics within the song seem to be a bit challenging to perform in art and not easy to put together which makes me want to challenge myself. First, the writer felt dead inside, which is expressed by the lines “I let it fall, my heart” and “It was dark and I was over”. Suddenly, someone came and he brought her back to life again, which is expressed by the lines “And as it fell you rose to claim it” and “Until you kissed my lips and you saved me.” Here, the writer is comparing a dead, meaningless life to letting her heart fall and being in the dark and further still, the “death” was made clearer by the statement “I was over”. She was not really dead of course, but she was comparing her life with that of a dead person (i.e. having no feeling and being in the dark). Next, the lover saved her from such life by rising to claim her heart, which means he made her able to feel again. When i first heard this song, I didnt know that this was a sad song so the others would see this song as something else other than a sad song. Its mainly about a sad life from someone breaking their heart and they are two-sided and not to be good with. This quote will influence my project in a way that the reader understands how people can save you from a such horrible life and bring you back up again from the hard times after someone just broke your heart.