Hello, daydreamers!
Welcome to: Adding Words To Static Views section.
This is a new section I'm very, very excited to announce you!
As you all may know by now, I love reading as much as I love writing. What I love most, however, is challenging myself. And this is a new challenge I thought of, some weeks ago.
This section is about two main things: a photo + some thoughts.
I'm going to be posting a photo per post (a random photo) and then comment from 3 to 10 thoughts based on what I see and what inspires me and stuff like that.
But here's where you can participate on this:
I'll be posting a random picture each month at the beginning of it, so that you can comment your own thoughts on what you think of it, what inspires you when you look at it, etc. And then, at the end of the month, I'll update the post adding my own thoughts.
Because this is a new section on my blog, on this first post, I'll add my thoughts on this random photo already, so that you can see how it's going to be like.
Without further do, let's get started!
#1 (an advert taken from a magazine)
Thought 1:
We think we love sth or sb, but it's not after one judges what we do to them in order to make them happy that really tell us whether we love them or not.
Look at where the guy is looking at – apparently, the horse. His eyes go right towards the horse's reins, not the horse itself. So he thinks he loves him because he's protecting his horse with those reins. Look at the horse's eyes, however. Eyes speak for themselves.
Thought 2:
This guy is on a suit, so he is apparently a gentleman who is right on the left of the horse, at the same stage. This could be understood as the fact that we, humans, are not always right or as right as we think. Also, we all are equal, men and animals. No matter how we dress or what we look like, there's equality within us. We all belong to the same planet.
Instead of looking at the horse, he is looking at his very reins. In other words, what surprises him isn't the horse itself, but the reins. He's trying to take them off the horse.
Thought 3:
None of them are looking directly at the picture, but it is noticeable that it does not look natural. It's a black-and-white picture, but the watch keeps playing and moving. It's the only thing in the picture that moves. Nothing else.
Thought 4:
The man, whose watch is pretty meaningful, is smiling. We're not sure why or what makes him smile. Obviously, it cannot be the reins of the horse what makes him do so, but something else. That increases one's curiosity which makes the advert achieve its purpose of us staring at it.
He might be smiling because time stops when he is with his horse. He's a business man, so time is gold, except when he's with his horse. He's attached to him, which might be shown with the reins; the reins demonstrate his affection towards the horse and that he is strongly attached to his horse.
It is impossible to fight against time, but against an animal – that is morally impossible.
Thought 5:
This newish advertisement is in black and white, a contradiction. Speaking of possible contradictions, there's another one: gentleman (which reminds us of new times) and horse (old times). The man is attached to time, the horse to his reins.
The symbolism linked to this man is his business life (whiteness), as well. The horse's symbolism would also be his reins (blackness). Notice the man's appearance: whitish. The horse's is blackish, no joke. Look at it carefully. There's more white in the man's side and there's more black in the horse's.
Thought 6:
The horse is not happy because he wants the watch his owner has. And yet, the horse is still linked to him. Those reins are new, but the horse is not satisfied and the man knows it and that's why he may be smiling.
I think that what sums up this picture very well is: 'Eyes speak for themselves.' (Thought 1)
Let me know down below which thought was the one that you thought of the first time you saw this advertisement! Which of these 6 thoughts you liked the most? Which ones did you think of?
Much love x
