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Linda Nelson · 03-22-2004, 07:51 PM

Garth -

Thanks! I hadn't thought about the relationship of the trousers and tree trunks, but I can see that now. The interpretation I have regarding the trees, beyond him being a "strong oak" of a man, is that I find the other "oaks/men" bowing to the environment... whereas the man is standing upright and comfortably against the "pressure" on the trees. I see that as analogous to him as an independent thinker, who stays strong when the pressure can bend even the strongest of others.

At the the same time, those trees help the eye move right, which jives with the direction he's standing, so he looks more like a visionary and less an antagonist.

03-22-2004, 07:51 PM	#10
Linda Nelson Juried Member Joined: Sep 2001 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 386	Garth - Thanks! I hadn't thought about the relationship of the trousers and tree trunks, but I can see that now. The interpretation I have regarding the trees, beyond him being a "strong oak" of a man, is that I find the other "oaks/men" bowing to the environment... whereas the man is standing upright and comfortably against the "pressure" on the trees. I see that as analogous to him as an independent thinker, who stays strong when the pressure can bend even the strongest of others. At the the same time, those trees help the eye move right, which jives with the direction he's standing, so he looks more like a visionary and less an antagonist.