Static Image

The theme for my static image is derived from the film Forrest Gump. What I am trying to portray in my image is the theme of freedom and escaping calamity. I portray this by depicting a bird soaring away from a city in ruins, but leaving a feather floating down in it’s wake. The image also bears the quote from the film that reinforces the depiction: “Dear God, make me a bird. So I can fly far. Far, far away from here.”

The bird is symbolic for freedom, so I placed it to the right of the image, flying away from the burning city. The bird represents Jenny, who when she was young prayed for God to turn her into a bird to escape her abusive father. The bird is soaring upwards into the heavens and moving on to the spiritual world and leaving reality behind, which I use to symbolise Jenny’s death.

The feather represents Forrest, who gets left behind by Jenny several times, and indefinitely after her death. Forrest then has to float around—feather-like through life, completely oblivious to all the destruction going on in the world.

The city in ruins is metaphorical for all the pain and suffering that goes on in the world, whether it be physical or emotional. There are buildings and trees on fire as well as a mushroom cloud, which represent things like the Vietnam War and Jenny’s abusive father.

I chose black as my background because it represents all the darkness and emptiness of the metaphorical city. It represents the suffocation that Jenny felt when she was living with her father.

The quote “Dear God, make me a bird. So I can fly far. Far, far away from here.” is spoken by Jenny while her father is chasing after her while she is in her corn field. She wanted to escape her father, and all the pain that he caused, so she prayed for God to turn her into a bird so she can fly away. I chose white for the colour of the writing because it is God-like and it pierces through the darkness. I also placed it above everything else to symbolise it being a prayer from the heavens.

Wow!

Wow! This is my first blog entry in over 3 months! I would like to say it was because an elephant fell on my face meaning I couldn't post, but to be honest I have just been lazy. In fact, I only remembered that I had a blog a couple of days ago!

This post is going to be short, but I would like to tell all of my hard-case fans (that's right!) that I will try and make more of an effort to post more often.

But for now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


CHERIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif

I have read this book many times and it still remains as my favourite book. It follows a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson that is suddenly attacked by monsters at his boarding school. He finds out that his best friend is a satyr (half-man, half-goat), and he also finds out that he is a half-blood (a child of a Greek god). He gets taken to a camp (Camp Half-Blood) for other kids that are children of Greek gods, where they get taught how to read Ancient Greek and how to fight like a warrior. After spending a few days at the camp, and without finding out who his father was, he is finally claimed by the God of the Sea: Poseidon. This spelled great trouble Percy, as this meant he was a child of the Big Three.

After World War II, The Big Three (Zeus, Poseidon and Hades) swore an oath that they would not have any more children as they were too powerful and dangerous. Zeus had already broken this oath when he had a daughter named Thalia. Thalia was killed by monsters three years previously, and as she was dying Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a pine tree. This pine tree now protects the borders of Camp Half-Blood so that no monsters can get into the camp (unless they are summoned by someone within).

Anyway, the world is at risk because Zeus' master bolt has been stolen, and he is framing Poseidon saying that Percy had stolen it. So Percy gets sent on a quest (along with Annabeth and Grover), to retrieve the master from the Underworld because they believe that Hades has taken it. Along the way, Percy encounters various monsters (e.g. Medusa, Echidna) and gods (e.g Ares, Dionysus) overcomes them all. When he confronts Hades, it turns out that he doesn't have the bolt and that Percy had it in the backpack that Ares had given him. Someone had also taken Hades' helmet of darkness.

In the end, it turns out that Percy's friend Luke was the one that stole both of the items and tried to cause World War III so he could resurrect the Titan Lord Kronos, who planned to over-rule the gods and start a new era. Anyway, Percy manages to return the 2 items back to their owners and prevents the war. Then Luke tries to kill Percy and escapes.

I really enjoy reading the Percy Jackson series, because it is written in first person (which catches my attention) and it is all about Ancient Greece in modern times. I give it a 10/10.