Week 6- Rose in Vase

The color red always attracts my eye. It reminds me of so many emotions. The placement of the candle behind the rose in the vase was an interesting image for me. The idea of a red rose in a vase usually denotes romance and ideas of love however this image gave me a darker, ominous feel. The rose seemed to disappear into obscurity as the vase reminded of a smirking Jack O' Lantern that taunted any onlooker. The stem even seemed to loose its beauty to me. It was visible but somewhat distorted by the light and the water. I got a grotesque feeling of deformity.
I find it interesting how light passing through an object can totally change it's character and the actual "mood" of the object. When the vase is made transparent and the viewer can see through it, the vase's character is more disturbing. I was also reminded of the idea of gels and how the saturation of the color will dictate how much light will pass through it.
The color red can denote so many things. Often I think of love or the polar opposite which is rage or hate. The color red is an indicator of intense passion in either one direction or the other and light has the ability to drastically change the character of an object from romantic to grotesque.