The Tower
The Tower signifies catastrophic disruption, upheaval, and the shattering of once-held truths. It portrays a scene of turmoil, where foundational security crumbles, and the character is resolved to push through adversity. While the chaos is unsettling, it also opens the door to renewal and transformation, suggesting that even from disaster, new beginnings can arise.
Keywords
Key words
TURMOIL · CATASTROPHE · DISRUPTION CALAMITY · DISASTER · UPHEAVAL
Meaning of The Tower
The Tower represents catastrophic disruption to routine and the abandonment of truths that were once held with certainty. A house, which indicates security and foundation, bursts into flames upon the character's back. Even in disarray, the character is determined to carry the load forward, no matter the conditions. Symbols of calamity are communicated using binding ropes, friction burned knees, and the crash of the ocean's wild waves. The surf surrounding the character may represent the residual trauma that surfaces under the pressures of our walking lives. Although this abrupt shift of routine is alarming, there is opportunity to extinguish the blaze and start anew.
Photographic Context
This image was photographed on a frigid and stormy day in March on the shorelines of Long Island. I rebuilt the dollhouse in the style of previous sculptures that appear within my Sleep Paralysis oeuvre.
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