IMAGE ANALYSIS > COMPOSITION, SYNTAX, VISUAL CUES...

 

I

TRUTH AND LOVE SAVE ME AND SET ME FREE
  • The spiral is located upper left chest area, the heart, symbolizing feeling/s
  • TRUTH and LOVE come first, are paramount
  • All words are organized tightly near the spiral
  • The composition is divided in 2 parts, suggesting an inner division
  • The word ‘SET’ is improvised, drawn-in neatly and brightly, suggesting
  • careful yet decidedly emphatic resistance (i.e. rebelling against the
  • 'rules of the game')
  • Being both saved by TRUTH and LOVE and freed by them demarcates the
  • first half of the composition
  • The neatly organized message is somewhat offset by the drawn word SET,
  • which is brightly colored, yet tidy
  • There is a relaxed and fluid ease in the statement which belies the taut message
  • The creator is decisive in making TRUTH and LOVE paramount, sets forth
  • a message which suggests an inner freedom which belies the compact,
  • carefully arranged words, perhaps expressing an inner division


 


II

THE WIND BLOWS FIGHTS HOME
TAKES POWER IN KNOWING PAIN
NOTHING GROWS WITH EASE
FLAWED ROYAL QUEENS
JUSTICE FROM WITHIN

  • The spiral is open, located in Third Eye area, representing mind /
  • thought as central focus
  • Words are structured in sections, beginning at the fingers and
  • 'feeding' into the mouth area
  • The opening words 'The Wind Blows' set the stage for the unfolding
  • movement of ideas
  • The words are symbolically 'freed' by the mouth / lips as much as they
  • are fixed on the page
  • The words are organized fairly loosely and - suggesting -  'orally'
  • and/or 'oratorally' - in top section, creating a visual cacophony
  • The words are arranged with clarity in groups of 3 in middle and bottom sections
  • The form of the composition reveals both flux and resolution
  • Language is both a vessel of possibility


 

III

IT’S A
NEW CHAPTER
CATCH THE
SPARK
  • The spiral is located symbolically at foot
  • Creator has signaled the placement of spiral at foot with arrow and drawn foot, emphasizing with visual urgency the importance of communicating this aspect of the composition
  • The tidy order of the heart-placed words is juxtaposed by the primitive signaling of the foot-placed spiral, arrow, and emphatically drawn foot
  • While the spiral is drawn in red marker, symbolizing fire, heat, and energy (the symbolism redoubled by the cut-out word 'ADRENALINE'), the arrow and foot are drawn in black marker, the 'color' of emphasis which dominates the color field
  • Movement is paramount, accelerated by the cut-out word ADRENALINE
  • Words are placed upper left quadrant, in heart area
  • Words are neatly arranged and carefully organized, unfolding slowly
  • The last word SPARK stands out, separated both by placement and color
  • Composition suggests dual forces of freedom of motion and movement, and precision of thought and logic, instinct vs intellect
  • The word SPARK both governs and rules this composition, suggesting, fundamentally, spontaneous forces are the deciding factor 


 
IV

LOVE IS NOT A SCIENCE
  • Spiral is located in area of Third Eye
  • Black line of spiral makes an emphatic statement, bringing the focus on the third-eye, symbolizing instinct governed by spiritual wisdom
  • Arms of silhouette appear to be on hips, the subject taking a symbolic firm stance
  • Words are placed on chest area, the words symbolically unfolding into heart area
  • Words are placed carefully in a line
  • Movement is forward, unfolding
  • Emphatic placement of words is aligned symbolically with the fixed stance of subject
  • The visual and verbal messages work together symbiotically, creating a conceptual continuity
  • Composition, syntax, visual cues emphasize mark-making as decisive act



V

SING TO THE UNIVERSE

MAKE...
CONNECTION and
BE...
UNDERSTANDING

Walk, and enjoy peace

  • The spiral is drawn in red, in the symbolic heart area
  • The subject’s pose is asymmetrical
  • Right hand is raised, with finger pointing upwards
  • Left arm appears to be on hip
  • Words are divided into 3 discreet sections
  • The focus is on right finger pointing upwards, with the words SING TO THE UNIVERSE balanced on fingertip
  • The next section of words ‘MAKE...
  • CONNECTION and BE...UNDERSTANDING’ are disjointed, syntactically stacked, divided by 2 ellipses if 3 periods (...) in symbolic area of the brain, where thought occurs, suggesting thoughts occur as building blocks, one leading to the next in a jagged manner, suggesting thought and logic are uncomfortable endeavors
  • The 3 thought-forms are represented as both fluid and disrupted
  • The number 3 plays an important role
  • The 3rd section of words ‘Walk, and enjoy peace’ feels like a soft landing, in words, even placement, tone, and meaning
  • The feeling is one of calm, as though a spiritual resolution has been reached 

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