Being affected by context, a combination of universal and cultural symbols. A plus sign + can be anything from an addition in mathematics, to the Swedish flag, to a Christian symbol. The variety and diversity of a simple symbol makes me think that perhaps simpler is better, and the less complex something is, the more meaning can be derived from it.
Then again, more symbols being added brings more clarity and context to the initial symbol - making it very clear what it means.
Having experience with looking at syntax and semiotics, I understood the structure of pictorial organisation and the relationship between form and meaning. By using culture's social cues when looking at a picture, as well as the context of the image, more meaning can be derived.
Egg - fertility - chicken - breakfast - food
Synecdoche = part being used to represent the whole
I am considering looking at the cultural side of COP, with the "fairytale" themed quote enticing me.
It seems relevant to my interests in character design, as well as my love of animated films such as Rise of the Guardians, which deals with the subject of imagination and belief.
I would also like to look at the way meaning develops over time and adapts, allowing me to look at the way children have been treated in animation through time.
- 'In order to master the psychological problems of growing up [...] a child needs to understand what is going on with his conscious self so that he can also cope with that which goes on in his unconscious. [...] It is here that fairy tales have unequaled value, because they offer new dimensions to the child's imagination which would be impossible for him to discover as truly on his own.'
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