Monday, May 4, 2009

juxtaposition

Juxtaposition can be defined as placing two variables, side by side and their contrast or similarities
are shown through comparison. Many creative processes rely on juxtaposition. It's mainly a combination of similes and metaphors.

following is an exercise which would further help clarify how it works:

FLOWER HEAD
LIGHTING RAIN
ICE WOOD
LIGHT TREE
FIRE SPIDER
DUCK ROOT
DOG MOUNTAIN
OIL WIND
LEAVE ROCK
FLY WATER

choose a pair of numbers from 00-99
eg: 12, 24, 45


1 FLOWER 0 HEAD
2 LIGHTING 1 RAIN
3 ICE 2 WOOD
4 LIGHT 3 TREE
5 FIRE 4 SPIDER
6 DUCK 5 ROOT
7 DOG 6 MOUNTAIN
8 OIL 7 WIND
9 LEAVE 8 ROCK
0 FLY 9 WATER

[24, 08, 44]

lighting-mountain, fly wood, light-mountain

make sentences using both words.

1) i saw a flash of lightning over that mountain
2) i want to fly in an airplane made of wood
3) i can see the temple light shining on top of the mountain.

create images according to your sentences.
it will look something like the image below:




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