Week 6: Depth on a flat surface

This image shows me how deceiving light can be. When I look at this picture, I find that the texture of the shadow creates a feel that the flat surface is actually real and tangible. It reminds me of a gate (honestly, even prison bars), enclosing or trapping me on one side, with the light so close, yet separated from me. I feel deliberate detachment by looking at the bar-like shadows, as if someone is purposefully trying to keep me away from something... and the something on the other side is better than where I am. When I look at the picture, it seems to be vibrating with tension. While the shadow was cast merely by a green fence of the laundry building next to my apartment, I did not think about the simplicity of a fence. I thought about all the things these sorts of lines can represent. It was when I looked at the picture, however, that I realized their resemblance to prison bars, and the feeling of detachment that is radiates. It also made me realize that stripping a shape of its color (from green fence to dark shadow in the ground... and to me stripping it even further into black and white) can change the shape's meaning.