Creativity Project 3
What do randomly discarded objects have in common? The answer is simple. They are tokens of forgotten moments, cheerful exchanges, and symbols of a daily routine. The more complex question is how does a haphazard pile of random items describe a person? Throughout this short piece, the art collage titled Sweet Joyful Gems, a metaphor of Sonya E. Gonzalez will be described, analyzed, and explored for additional meanings.
The collage display Sweet Joyful Gems is items found in a bedside jewelry box. Each item is a direct connection to me. While they might be discarded items, some are even covered in dust, they are not forgotten. The items combined are a metaphor of my personality and character. Some of the items in the …show more content…
The items held within the jewelry box describe Sonya Gonzalez. They are a metaphor for my life. The box itself is a pink unicorn jewelry box, fun and whimsical. The middle focal point of the collage is a Bank of England 5 pound bill, which would be considered a gem. To the right of the bill are two milk candies, which are sweet. The box also contains a rock paper scissors dice and a kitten pen, both of which show a love of happy thoughts and games. The idea behind item locations of objects creates a piece art that describes me. The items on the outer edges are strong character traits, love of sweets, memories, attention to detail. The inner rings are examples of experience and everyday routine, like loose change, makeup, my employer's keychain. The role of each item is very important, it is a layer of my personality onion. The randomness of the items lends to the idea that a person, myself included, cannot be defined by one object or token. Without one item, like the seahorse charm souvenir from a family vacation, the artistic representation of myself is not complete. I am many different experiences and memories. Therefore, if a piece is missing Sweet Joyful Gems is no longer a piece of art or a metaphorical representation of …show more content…
First, the collage name itself describes the metaphor. It tells the viewer this piece is happy, cheerful, and treasured. The name of the piece alters the creator and viewers perception of the art piece. Secondly, the artist, myself, in this case, had no idea random odds and ends would create metaphorical art. The creation was organic. An artist does not need awareness to create art. There is art all around us that happens/happened naturally. Most importantly, art can tell the viewer more than the artist intended. In my case, the objects and choice of display box allow the viewer to explore pieces of me that I did not think of upon initial creation. The pink unicorn box, kitten pen, and lamb stickers represent someone who is young minded, perhaps somewhat of a dreamer. There are many items that I wear in the box, which could be representations of my need to portray a certain appearance to others. A piece of art opens a window into the creator's mind. Therefore, there are endless opportunities for explorations of each and every item and the items as a whole.
It is my hope that throughout this short piece, the art collage titled Sweet Joyful Gems, a metaphor of Sonya E. Gonzalez, was illustrated, studied, and explored further meanings. I, like all other people, am complex and capable of art. Are our lives not a constant creation of art, joyful and painful? The collage Sweet
What do randomly discarded objects have in common? The answer is simple. They are tokens of forgotten moments, cheerful exchanges, and symbols of a daily routine. The more complex question is how does a haphazard pile of random items describe a person? Throughout this short piece, the art collage titled Sweet Joyful Gems, a metaphor of Sonya E. Gonzalez will be described, analyzed, and explored for additional meanings.
The collage display Sweet Joyful Gems is items found in a bedside jewelry box. Each item is a direct connection to me. While they might be discarded items, some are even covered in dust, they are not forgotten. The items combined are a metaphor of my personality and character. Some of the items in the …show more content…
The items held within the jewelry box describe Sonya Gonzalez. They are a metaphor for my life. The box itself is a pink unicorn jewelry box, fun and whimsical. The middle focal point of the collage is a Bank of England 5 pound bill, which would be considered a gem. To the right of the bill are two milk candies, which are sweet. The box also contains a rock paper scissors dice and a kitten pen, both of which show a love of happy thoughts and games. The idea behind item locations of objects creates a piece art that describes me. The items on the outer edges are strong character traits, love of sweets, memories, attention to detail. The inner rings are examples of experience and everyday routine, like loose change, makeup, my employer's keychain. The role of each item is very important, it is a layer of my personality onion. The randomness of the items lends to the idea that a person, myself included, cannot be defined by one object or token. Without one item, like the seahorse charm souvenir from a family vacation, the artistic representation of myself is not complete. I am many different experiences and memories. Therefore, if a piece is missing Sweet Joyful Gems is no longer a piece of art or a metaphorical representation of …show more content…
First, the collage name itself describes the metaphor. It tells the viewer this piece is happy, cheerful, and treasured. The name of the piece alters the creator and viewers perception of the art piece. Secondly, the artist, myself, in this case, had no idea random odds and ends would create metaphorical art. The creation was organic. An artist does not need awareness to create art. There is art all around us that happens/happened naturally. Most importantly, art can tell the viewer more than the artist intended. In my case, the objects and choice of display box allow the viewer to explore pieces of me that I did not think of upon initial creation. The pink unicorn box, kitten pen, and lamb stickers represent someone who is young minded, perhaps somewhat of a dreamer. There are many items that I wear in the box, which could be representations of my need to portray a certain appearance to others. A piece of art opens a window into the creator's mind. Therefore, there are endless opportunities for explorations of each and every item and the items as a whole.
It is my hope that throughout this short piece, the art collage titled Sweet Joyful Gems, a metaphor of Sonya E. Gonzalez, was illustrated, studied, and explored further meanings. I, like all other people, am complex and capable of art. Are our lives not a constant creation of art, joyful and painful? The collage Sweet