Metaphor+Wiki



I picked all these photos, for different reasons. The first piece, by John Paul Caponigro, drew me because of the simplicity and the symmetry. It is simple but complex at the same time, it’s still hard to tell what is going on. But at the same time intriguing as you try to figure out what is going on in the piece, it looks like a life line leading to a cloud. Another thing worth noting about the piece is that the line flat lines before going to the clouds, as to say after we die we go to heaven? The second piece is by Jason DeCaires Taylor. I like this piece for two reasons, the first is that it is an actual sculpture, that the artist took the time to make. The second one is that it’s going to be underwater forever. Plus the sculptures always have a story behind them, so it’s not art just for art’s sake. The reflection on the surface of the water makes it look as if someone is looking down into the water, when in reality the sculpture is underneath. The last is a Salvador Dali piece. I picked this mostly because the melting clocks are always a classic reminder of Dali’s work and anytime you see them that’s the one person you immediately think of. Dali was such an abstract artist that most of the time people didn't even understand what was going on in his pieces, but that's the beauty of his work, and why I'm such a big fan of his art.

My concept is based around friendship. I have such a good group of friends that I would hate for them not to be in my art. I picked an old english saying: “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” Back then it meant something negative as: someone has such bad friends, there is no need for enemies because his friends are them. But in today’s society it means something more positive like: with such great friends there is no possible way I could have enemies, because my friends will back me up. I have yet to pick a metaphor to work all my pictures into but I’m working on finding a good one.