T. C.
Dragon as Metaphor
(Iconic Dragon Evolution)
I want to use the dragon image as an iconic metaphor for all the discourses we associate the word with. Rather than use the stereotypical image of a dragon we all probably know better than others (ie: the Western rendition of a winged, four-legged reptilian), I want to aim at portraying dragons in various forms and under various circumstances and conditions. Not literal, stagnant depictions, but in subversive, metaphorical pictorals.
The icongraphic imagery will, hopefully, tell the story through the use of their placement as elements within the compositions themselves, their functions or purposes, their aesthetic (color-wise) properties, and generally the way in which they are presented, or their duration, on screen. Dragons will correspond to a number of sayings that aim at their implications, like "in the mouth of the a dragon," to imply the probable cause of getting "burned" or hurt in some way, or the "eye of the dragon," like the eye of the storm, to indicate furry and chaos that is to come.
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