The Juxtaposition

This time in class I nearly fell asleep, because we were taken to auditorium with just the right amount of light and air-conditioning(the interesting topic was the only thing keeping me up), to study on a topic called the Juxtaposition(pretty weird name ,yeah I know..),quite interesting actually.It refers to the abstract placing of two objects together to create something completely different and new.

Insanely difficult definition?
 -problem?,don't worry.

     -I had no idea either.

      

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 It is basically done to generate Ideas and make sure we achieve the result we want purposefully and not through fluke and also to avoid half assed work.Making sure we know the difference between a bad and good idea.

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  Keep in mind we can use this technique anywhere even in photography,planning a photo before it is taken,and by this I don't mean running around with a DSLR and thinking of pictures on the go,it involves some real hardcore thinking and planning before the shooting actually begins.So that we are sure of what we do before we actually do.

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 We were given this exercise to help understand what it really is.Feel free to try

it yourselves.

        First we were asked to choose three numbers between 00-99,where 00 and 99 were included,so I got these three:

          1)01

          2)19

          3)55

         

       Then we were told to jot this down:

               

               1)Flower              0)Head

               2)Lightning           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

         Well it got obvious at this point, so he told us to take the number and word together,so I got this:

                1)Head Flower (0 being head and 1 being flower)

                2)Flower Water (1 being flower and 9 being water)

                3)Fire Root ( 5 being fire and 5 being root)

        Next we were told make a simple simple sentence on each of the objects,making sure that the sentence was constructed in the same order as the word,which at that point of time took us by surprise(so go easy on my sentences) :

   

     1)On the head of Ghiath,there is a flower.

     2)The flower has water in it.(yeah I know...)

     3)Fire is spreading all over that root(*heh heh*,Starting to wonder why I did not change these sentences.)

       We were then told to illustrate these on a piece of paper(again,don't judge me we only had five minutes)

    anyway here are mine:

          

                                                       Head Flower

                           

                                                      Flower Water

                     

                                                          Fire Root

        

 The important thing to remember in these pictures is that when we draw them we have to make sure that it is seen in the way it would be read.,for example when we look at the flower we should see it as flower water not water flower and so on..

  
 This interesting exercise shows us the way in which we can plan ahead of our work,think before we create something and not hope that luck would lead us all the time.

 This is only one of the many exercises we can do to help us apply the juxtaposition in real life.More coming soon..   

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