“Bird House Lady”
„To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.“ - Rene Magritte
The original sketch
First of all, in the original sketch I thought about portraying a woman, with raised arms and a birdhouse for a head. I also thought about letting birds flutter around the woman, but I left them out so that the focus would be on the woman. The surreal scene should take place at night or in the evening. That was already clear to me at that time. I continued with the search for the right pictures.
Matching pictures
For this artwork I needed five pictures, they are all shown below and linked. The most important picture was of course that of the woman and the birdhouse. I looked at several pictures of birdhouses, but this one fitted best. The light and the perspective were right. I have made the background a bit more blurred in the foreground and background to emphasize the center (the woman).
Colors and atmosphere
Then, after I found the most important pictures, I sent a moon to the sky and darkened the picture a bit, turned day into night. For the atmosphere I added some light particles to the picture, in different sizes and opacity. The birds flying in front of the moon should attract little attention, so I made them very blurred and adjusted a bit on the opacity. Then I was satisfied. I hope you like the artwork.
Bird House Lady.
I created another surreal scene, a woman with a birdhouse on her head. Silence. Night. Moonlight. Pretend you were there. Would you be afraid of her? Would you have run straight away or would you have been curious and tried to get to know her and find out why she does what she does?
What are your thoughts when you look at this artwork? Let me know!
“The freedom of thoughts”
First impression
Silence
Freedom, Detachment, feeling of wanting to be free, lightness
Familiarity
Meaning of the picture elements
Bird house
Man-made nest, place of refuge for wild birds
House
home, place of retreat, familiarity, symbolizes personality -> insight into constitution
Birdhouse represents the head
Head
mind apparatus, the inner, personal
no one can know your thoughts
Very personal thoughts in your head
own thoughts as a place of retreat (like the bird house for the bird)
Bird:
air beings - to interpret spiritually and mentally
free bird - freedom of thought, freedom of the soul (freedom of thought)
freedom, free thoughts and ideas
Soul
Conclusion:
Freedom of the soul through the freedom of the thoughts of the human being, which function as an own/ personal/ private retreat from which people from outside cannot know anything because they cannot look into your head.
Additional interpretation:
Colour white (e.g. dress, flowers)
= Positive, the good
= Purity, innocence, peace
Meadow/ white flowers
Flowering meadow = positive
White flowers = positive
Flowers (interpretation of dreams) = expression of beautiful thoughts and feelings
Marguerite
Love oracle game -> questioning (feelings/love)
free thoughts are something beautiful - beautiful thoughts and feelings
Night
Sign of the subconscious, which is in the dark
night - sleep - dreams = hides the secret will of the soul, wishes/dreams
Full Moon
Light of the unconscious
The beautiful thoughts in our head deal with the subconscious, i.e. with the hidden wishes and dreams - freedom
Summary of the interpretation
We can be free in our thoughts like a bird. Our very personal thoughts function like a home as a familiar retreat for ourselves and through this freedom of thought, a freedom of the soul is created, because, for example, we subconsciously deal with hidden wishes and dreams in our head -> nothing is impossible, through our thoughts we are free.
- Gina
