Brainstorming | Onslow Beach, North Carolina

According to Mary Stuart in the text book Launching the Imagination, "Color temperature can help create the illusion of space" (44). The contrast in the saturation of the girl's clothing and skin color to the lightness of the background of the blue water, sky, and blue tinted beach creates the illusion that the boy and the girl are small in comparison to the water. Later in the book, Stuart describes the process of Brainstorming that helped me to understand the composition of this picture (121). The photographer that took the picture intended to capture a moment of love, therefore, after thinking of all of the other potential connotations of that word, she captured a moment that conveyed many ideas.  The beach conveyed curiosity with it's many grains, footprints, and shells. The waves represented ongoing time, even when the two people on the beach stood still. Sand and water both represent land a sea creatures alike.The act of a photographer taking the picture brings about the idea of senses being used; eyes, ears, touch, smell, etc are all used. Although Stuart alludes to Brainstorming being a process of sculpture-making, I believe that a photo, being that it is worth 1,000 intentional words, is a strong representation of brainstorming. This photo taken at Onslow Beach, North Carolina, and although interpretation of all works are arbitrary, the artist almost always has an idea for each small detail, and that is where brainstorming comes into play.