Bratel-Visual+Metaphor

Maggie Taylor has influenced me because of the way she goes about her photographs. They're almost animated and fake but they are literal. Her pictures have an almost child like feel to them and that appeals to me because I am still a child myself. She doesn't beat around the bush which is what I like because I actually know what she's talking about without her having to explain it. I like being able to look at a picture and be able to know what's going on, but I also would like to guess and have a little imagination. Her pictures kind of give me a sense of "why?" Why did she make her photo like this, or why there's no expression in the woman's face.

Julianne Kost has a unique style of photography. She makes me interested and confused all at the same time. She gives me something to be intrigued about. It's not just black and white with her it has a deep meaning and it also inspires me not to go for the obvious shot. Take many shots, learn from them, and use them expressively. They don't have to be straight forward shots to be understood, you can take a shot and make it mean whatever you want it to. Andy Goldsworthy amazes me. He makes his own photographs by designing the subject. He knows exactly what he wants to shoot because he made it. He knows exactly what to do and how to do it. He has unity in his pictures and they look almost fake. He doesn't just hope for a shot to come, he makes it happen. Andy sets up his idea by creating his own scene.

"I'd like to think the best of me Is still hiding Up my sleeve**"**
 * Song Writer: John Mayer**
 * Song: No Such Thing**

The metaphor is that the best of yourself is somewhere hiding up your sleeve. It's not possible for the better half of yourself to be up your sleeve which is why is speaks to me. To be a better person you have to let yourself be a better person. You're the only person that can decide how you act and how you are. People always say that they can't control how they act that it's just the way they are, but everyone has a choice, it's what you do with that choice that makes you who you are. I chose these lyrics because I used to think like that. I used to be mean to people and not care about people, but once I changed the friends I associated with and learned to love myself I changed my ways and became a nicer person. It's hard to be yourself when your blaming others for holding you back. If you can't be yourself with the people your around then they're not meant to be your friends.