Zirkle-MythMetaphor


 * CONCEPT: What is your idea for mythology and/or metaphor, how will you interpret the idea of a visual metaphor and a myth? **My idea for this is to put the image of living under a rock reality. To do this, I will put a house onto a rock using Photoshop and other things. This is a visual metaphor. There is also a myth that in the Southern part of America that some of the Pueblo Indian houses were built straight out of the rock out of nowhere by mythical gods.
 * SUBJECT: What sorts of images will you need to shoot to create your idea? What will it involve? places, people, costumes, sets, nature, lighting? **I will need images of houses and rocks, to combine both of these things to create a rock house. It will involve places, nature, and maybe sets.
 * REASONING: Why do you wish to do this idea? What will you learn from it? How is it interesting to you? **First, when I picture a a rock house it always seemed kind of cool to me. The thought of nature and man made things intertwined into one is appealing to me and breaks reality. What Ill learn from it is how to create visual metaphors, and how to use Photoshop skills much, much better.
 * FACTS: What is the myth/metaphor that you are basing your idea on? Explain it's history and any other pertinent facts regarding the myth/metaphor that will help us understand your idea. **When I was with my dad in the Arizona/ New Mexico area he told me a myth of how the Pueblo Indians originally had no homes to live in. They would sleep in nearby caves like cavemen, and would pray to their gods that they could have real shelter. After days and days of prayer, structures started to emerge out of massive boulders throughout the barren desert they lived in. Merged with rocks, the houses looked something like a mix of man made modern buildings and nature itself. Finally, the Pueblo Indians had somewhere to live and began to build ladders up to the doors from the rocks. They thanked the gods and lived in their new houses happily for the rest of their lives.

