Wright-Metaphor



The first image in my banner is an image taken/created by John Paul Caponigro. I was very inspired by this piece because it is not only a beautiful photograph of a nature scene, enhanced by Photoshop, but it also has a deeper, more profound metaphoric meaning. When I look at this piece it makes me think that the bright light in the background represents a person's bright future and the paths on the ground represent the different routes a person can take to get there. This is inspiring because it just goes to show how an image can be perceived differently depending on the viewers thought of the piece. Second I was interested in an image taken by Julieanne Kost. I think this piece is a strong and beautiful picture, I chose this one because when I was in a plane once, I too, saw a view like this. It looks like the earth is a water color palette of natural colors and I think that is extremely symbolic since the world is so colorful and diversely beautiful like it was painted. Lastly, I was also inspired by an image by Maggie Taylor. I really enjoyed this piece because to me I think the metaphor is that the mind contains so many things that it can't be contained. Therefore, in the piece the girls' mind is letting it all out into the world in the form of ideas, music and thoughts. Even though she is surrounded by a murky swamp and trapped inside of a dull frame the mind is such a powerful and creative thing it can still produce the creative ideas.

"Skin so sweet, but you're rotten to the core." These lyrics are from the song "Bad Apple" by Basement. When I thought of a metaphor piece using a lyric I instantaneously thought of these lyrics because I knew that although it would be challenging I knew I could create a great, symbolic piece using these lyrics. I chose this specific verse from the song because it shows how on the outside someone can be seemingly sweet and innocent but on the inside they have a dark, rotten side. Although I took this quote a certain way some people may take this differently, for example, maybe someone may think it represents an actual rotten apple itself, because sometimes from the outside the apple may still look fresh and sweet but inside it's actually rotten. In my piece though, I want to show the contrast between outer appearance and inner self by comparing a seemingly sweet subject to a rotten apple.