Krumenacher_mythmetaphor



CONCEPT: What is your idea for mythology, how you will interpret the idea of a visual metaphor and a myth? - I feel that mythology is a way of entertainment, it's used to keep generations connected even though it might not actually feel like that. Myths are stories created by people or things that actually might have happened; we will never know. This makes mythology the study of myths or urban legends you can call them. Author's study myths and urban legends to use in their stories also. I think that for my project I want to go with a more interesting and different myth so that it will challenge me to making something that is out of the box.

SUBJECT: What sorts of images will you need to shoot to create your idea? Will it involve places, people, costumes, sets, nature? -I think for my image I am going take a picture of a bunch of eggs in a nest to show that the bird is being born or sat on to be born. Then I am going to crack an egg and place it into the nest so I can then show that the egg or the phoenix has hatch. To create my bird I will be taking pictures of one of my chickens who has a sort of red color to her that would work great to use as the phoenix. I will have to alter her slightly to make her look more like a phoenix, change her colors a little bit.

REASONING: Why do you wish to do this idea? What will you learn from it? How is it interesting to you? - I want to do this idea because I have all the sort of materials I would need to create this picture and also, it would be a lot of fun to create an animal like the phoenix. Since Phoenix's are such beautiful birds it will be a little bit of a challenge to get it as close to some reference images that I find on the internet. The twist for this though is that I am going to portray the bird being hatched which is a bit different that just showing the bird in "natural" habitat.

FACTS: What is the myth that you are basing your idea on? Explain it's history and any other pertinent facts regarding the myth that will help us understand your idea. - The myth I am going to use is the Phoenix, I chose this myth because I thought it would a fun challenge to take on. The phoenix is a bird that is generally described as to be vibrate and full of flame is colors, even the color purple to show royalty. Being such a colorful bird made it stand out more than the other birds during it's "time". I am choosing this animal because it ties into endangered animals, there was only one phoenix allowed to live at a time, which makes me think of endangered animals. There are so many people that poach animals such as different species of elephants, and species of Rhino's. I think that with this bird I will be able to show that in a interesting way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)

Site the sources where you found the image and explain who the photographer or artist is. www.pinterest.com