first post of the season!

finished spot metaphors. updates yaaaay

mermaids are vicious

vicious, vicious mutant siren cannibals.

They took away my spoon?

They took away my spoon.

Dammit, gotta find a new background now.

Metaphor 3x3s

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aging / juxtaposition

fear / animals

religion / interior

greed / still life

isolation / cityscape

leadership / hands

love / sequential

rebellion / shadows

Metaphor Research

Target: Crystal Ball

Source: Bomb

Ground: Round objects

Tension: One is a fortune-telling device, the other is a weapon.

Fusion

Target: Book

Source: Mirror

Ground: Rectangular shapes

Tension: uhhh. A book is not usually reflective and you can't read a mirror.

Fusion

Target: Hand

Source: Ladder

Ground: Shape, ladder rungs might be associated with hands...?

Tension: Inanimate object vs. human body part.

Fusion

Target: Gun, Soldier

Source: Cross, Jesus

Ground: Position of soldier carrying gun / position of Jesus carrying cross.

Tension: Symbol of war / Symbol of Christianity. Soldier / religious martyr.

Fusion

Target: Cell phone

Source: Oncoming train w/ damsel in distress tied to train tracks scene

Ground: Seeing oncoming danger.

Tension: Life-threatening danger (train) non-life-threatening danger (seeing angry relative on caller I.D.)

Juxtaposition

Target: Heart Rate Monitor

Source: House

Ground: Shape of roof / Heart rate pattern.

Tension: EVERYTHING.

Juxtaposition

Target: The Grim Reaper

Source: Ice-berg

Ground: Both bringers of DEATH.

Tension: Mountain of ice (literal death) vs. anthropomorphized Death.

Fusion

Target: Bee hive / Honey

Source: Bank / Money

Ground: Places of storage for valuables (money to viewers, honey to bees)

Tension: Relative measure of importance.

Fusion.

Target: Music Note

Source: Eye patch

Ground: Shape, references music piracy.

Tension: Physical accessory for people with missing eyeballs / Symbol for tune.

Replacement

Target: Binocular Stand Thingyyy

Source: Face

Ground: Shape, eyes/binoculars are used for the intake of images.

Tension: One is a tool specifically used for seeing long distances, the other is not a tool but is much less powerful.

Replacement

TESSELATIONS FOR SHANE