Holzhauer-Metaphor



The first artist who inspired me was Frida Kahlo and his piece titled "Viva La Vida". I really loved this piece because of the bright colors and also the fact that it is a painting of watermelon. The second artist who inspired me is Sandy Skoglund and her piece titled "Circumstances of Appearance". I really liked this image because again it is very colorful, but also because it is kind of weird. A lot of her art looks like this and includes a lot of furniture with bright colors. Lastly, Andy Goldsworthy really inspired me with his photos that included various pieces of nature arranged in a circular pattern. The way he arranges things is very pleasing to me especially in the one above because the colors fade together.

The lyric/book line I chose for this project is: Love is feeling every single emotion at once.

I chose these lines because they gave the many portraits I took a whole other concept. By capturing a different emotion in each of these portraits, putting them together can create a metaphor.

This song/book is written by an unknown person. I found the quote online.

The visual metaphor that the song/poem/book quote evokes is that when you are in love you feel so many different emotions because that is what love is.

There is not really another interpretation someone might for this song/poem/book quote.

This quote and research will influence my project because I wanted my metaphor originally to be that love is painful, yet beautiful and that is why I took pictures of the dandelions in the shape of a heart. After doing some more research for a lyric/quote, I came across this one and I realized it would be perfect with all of the portraits that I took during last unit and this unit.