Eallegory

[abraxas]

tension mounts

 

[Al-Wazeer]

what is this?
a cow?
very weird.. i like it !

 

[dcclark]

I... am very confused about what I'm looking at... but I also want to keep looking at it.

So for that, I applaud!

 

[abraxas]

what is this?
a cow?
very weird.. i like it !

An eallegory is a distant cousin of a http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/black-white-gallery/156869-lemac.html

I... am very confused about what I'm looking at... but I also want to keep looking at it.

So for that, I applaud!

Awesome, that's what I was going for. That and a bit of an eerie feeling. If it's recognizable, then I've failed.

 

[invisible]

Is this Paul?

 

[Gsurf1029]

i dont like the mirror thiing you did.

 

[abraxas]

Is this Paul?

Yep.

Here's Paul in real life (with a standard lens);

Camel Expedition

& here's what I was thinking;

Design a creature called an Allegory (or actually an Eallegory with the 'E' representing 'extended')

the definition being;

A form of representation in which the presented image is emblematic of something else, generally abstract, like a feeling or state. ...
Art Guide - Glossary - SaffronArt

The Eallegory is allegorical to an extended metaphor. The metaphor being defined as;

as introduced into cognitive science by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, a "metaphor" is a matter of thought, not merely a decoration of words. ...
American Environics : Methodology : Glossary

& the extension of the metaphor is the imperfect mirror of the metaphor.

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Just some **** to think about...