warbelton-metaphor



The first photograph is by Jerry Uelsmann. It shows a house growing into the ground, as a tree slowly grows up into the house. This inspired me because I felt it was a strong picture, that could portray many different visual metaphors. I will use his ideas when choosing a visual metaphor to do for the project. The second photograph is by Maggie Taylor, showing a tree with leaves and pears, and a ladder leaning down to darkness. The pears and leaves are all shown on the tree, except for one places in the foreground of the photograph. This inspired me because it had strong colors, and a strong message about darkness and light. The last phootgraph is by Salvador Dali, showing his subject of a picture jumping out of the actual painting. The cats where also emerging form the painting with water, also a subject in the painting itself. This inspired me because it brought a sense of reality into his painting that otherwise would not have been realistic, and was then captured in a photograph.

The Lyrics I am using are from the Madonna song Like a Prayer.

Like a child you whisper softly to me You're in control just like a child Now I'm dancing It's like a dream, no end and no beginning You're here with me, it's like a dream Let the choir sing Just like a prayer Your voice can take me there Just like a muse to me You are a mystery Just like a dream You are not what you seem Just like prayer No choice Your voice can take me there

Through these lyrics I want to capture the metaphor that life is a mystery, similar to a dream. Dreams are something that we hold tightly to in our minds, but in reality dreams are mysteries. To capture this I want to use a younger person, looking forward at what like has to come. I want to make this be a picture that older individuals can look at and think deeply upon. Other people could view these lyrics as having more of a religious meaning because of the versus "Just Like Prayer."