MONTAGE
The montage had a visual language? What ARE the images trying to say? When you put two images of three together they can create a whole new language or meaning, Right? Well, It’s difficult to create something first then try and find visual language or meaning later. The only way I could do this was to use symbolism. At first glance my montage says creatures of the night near a mountainous terrain and river. It may even say evil or sinful because of the interpretation of such creatures. I know some viewers find their own relation, may be biased, or cringe at the thought of bats and snakes. Ok, Now that you have viewed my montage and formed your own visual interpretation. I will give you one more second to think about symbolism before I will tell you what this montage’s meaning is to me. I will give examples to make matters clear. First, I would like to explain the relationship of the moon to the snake. Symbolically these two images relate on a subject far deeper than visual characteristics. For example: The snake will shed its skin every so often thus symbolically meaning “to renew” or to be “reborn”, if you will. The moon is directly related in a way that is equivalent to being reborn. Like the snake’s renewal, the moon falls into shadow and is reborn into light once a month. This relationship is the top visual meaning of my montage. On another note, the snake relating to the bats are not as important. They do, however, relate similarity in a characteristic type of way. The creatures I chose both cannot see very well. One uses radar and the other used receptors on its tongue. These creatures are also opposites because the snake’s terrain is the ground, while; the bat’s terrain is the sky. This relationship is important somewhat if you can find meaning in it. The mountains do not have any direct relation to the creatures or the visual language itself. Nor does the sliver of water in the left corner have any significance to the language. I simple used these two elements for background enhancement and to put the snake on the ground in his terrain. So, basically my main point or language is relative to being “reborn” or “renewed”. It may seem as though there is a narrative due to the example I added to make sense of the Images.
