Schaffner-+Metaphor

When looking through different visual metaphors, these were the three that really intrigued me the most. The first one on the left is taken by Andy Goldsworthy, and the description of the photograph is "Large fallen oak tree used leaves with branches still attached for supporting structure inside ball." This picture inspired me because it isn't very often that you see a ball of leaves, and it made me wonder about how it got that way and what happened. The middle photograph shows art done by Jason deCaires Taylor. I actually found all of his art very interesting because of the fact that he went through lots of work to make sculptures and place them underwater. The way the two sculptures are facing eachother tells a story all on its own. One more thing that I liked about this particular photograph was how it was taken at night and was able to capture all the different colored coral that had formed on the statues over time. The last photograph was done by Rene Margritte. This image seemed to attract me a lot because just by looking at it, it seems so peaceful. The image is just very inspiring to me for some reason.

"[Life] is not always rainbows and butterflies." These are lyrics in the song, //She Will Be Loved,// by the group Maroon 5. I chose these lyrics because I am a strong believer in this quote, the fact that life is not always going to be easy. Even though life is easy some times and may seem like a breeze at others, it is not always going to be like that, it is normal for everyone to go through hard times and struggles in order to learn anything in their lives. And even when you have to go through different hardships and struggles in your life, you're always just gonna have to keep going, and motivate yourself to continue your everyday life.

These particular lyrics from the song evoke a more realistic visual metaphor. When hearing this, it makes me think and realize that life is not always going to go smooth and be easy, there are always going to be hardships and things that are not always easy. I think it is a good visual metaphor to have come to mind, because i believe people should not go through life believing that it is just going to be easy, they should know that it is normal to have struggles. This quote is going to influence my project because I am going to try and portray my feelings on it through my photographs.