After reading the book, Einstein's dreams, we had to choose one of the dreams as the base of our project and then pick apart the symbolism and its allegories. The story I chose showed humanities struggle with change, and its ability to realize its flaws, and I wanted to show that using birds and flowers. A lot of research went into this project because I wanted to find the perfect symbolism that represented the dream in a more abstract way.
While it is fairly easy to understand the meaning behind the dream, you must know a bit about the meanings of the different components of my piece to fully understand it.
- Humming birds are know as the "Stopper of Time". They represent innocence and naivety.
- Scarlet Tanagers represent the egocentric individual.
- Blue Jays represent looking back with clarity and understanding.
- Honeysuckle's meaning is happiness.
- The frames in this case trap the birds and separate time periods.
The first thing I did after researching was sketching the piece out with the idea in mind. I didn't yet have the idea of the honeysuckle but after seeing how lackluster it was, I did research to find the perfect flower that would add to the story and the overall quality of the piece.
After that I made a basic game plan in order to get everything done in time. Because I knew the honeysuckle would be the most time consuming, I started with that first.
After getting the vines and flowers done, I installed them with the frames.
Then I finished the birds and installed those as well.
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