This piece represents anxiety. I immediately knew that the bold warm colors of red, yellow, and orange would give a feelings of urgency and fear that anxiety entails. The shapes are angular to add to that feeling, and the black scribbling cloud shapes represent the mind racing and the muddled thoughts that result from anxiety. Once it came to the actual shape and movement of the piece, I remembered what a friend once told me when she was experiencing extreme anxiety: it's like you're in the middle and everything is racing at you and you can't escape it because everywhere you turn there is more coming at you.Monday, February 22, 2010
Anxiety: A Practice in Color
This piece represents anxiety. I immediately knew that the bold warm colors of red, yellow, and orange would give a feelings of urgency and fear that anxiety entails. The shapes are angular to add to that feeling, and the black scribbling cloud shapes represent the mind racing and the muddled thoughts that result from anxiety. Once it came to the actual shape and movement of the piece, I remembered what a friend once told me when she was experiencing extreme anxiety: it's like you're in the middle and everything is racing at you and you can't escape it because everywhere you turn there is more coming at you.
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Good choice of vibrant colors and the use of shapes with jagged edges really works well in portraying emotional unrest. I really liked the story you used to describe the image. Well done..
ReplyDeleteBefore reading your description, I had an exact feeling of how you described anxiety just by looking at your design, which to me, shows an effective portrayal of the emotion. I like your use of colors and space because it had variety and experimentation.
ReplyDeleteThose yellow ones look like ANGRY BIRDS!
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