Call of the wild The initial interpretation I had first achieved with Call of the wild was a simple sense of a human’s alienation to the wild. The idea of the blindfold hindering the elaborately dressed human confuses the wearer as she struggles to feel a connection to the raw earth with her processed and technological lifestyle. The dogs surround her with the sense of teamwork and symbiosis toward each over, yet she cannot take part as her reality has been too deeply developed to suit a more ‘lone wolf’ lifestyle.
Spring's Landfall With Spring’s Landfall, I immediately related the picture to an exploration of reality. To me, the image at first glance was a transition from childhood fantasy to adult hard core reality. The girl in the boat represents the traveler or the soul as she moves from the fantasy, trying to string along some of her openness to the barren, closed mind of an adult. In addition this juxtaposition represents a fish out of water response, in which a teenager experiences after when he/she has this adventure, tries to recreate their identity to be compatible to their new environment.
Surrender
Surrender reminded me of our sub-consciousness and the way we see around us, the way we determine the reality. The handkerchief is represented as a filter; with the light behind the girl representing the subject’s preconceived ideas, which determine what areas of the world we choose to see. The shadow on the cloth is almost a physical representation of the subconscious, only covering what it need to, while the rest of the world (which is represented as the light around the shadow) is waiting to be considered. This is similar to the psychological ‘filter’ of an adult, who only sees what he or she wants to see, with the influence of the media and developed preconceived ideas. In contrast, children tend to see the bigger picture, like a cloud’s silver lining.
Surrender
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