Boy Dreams of Bridge

Interesting picture. There is a story here and we have to make up our own. A thought provoking picture and handled in a very different way. Just for example, my story is he's watching and mesmerized by someone threatening suicide off a bridge.

blansky said:

Interesting picture. There is a story here and we have to make up our own. A thought provoking picture and handled in a very different way. Just for example, my story is he's watching and mesmerized by someone threatening suicide off a bridge.

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While I wasn't hoping to inspire THAT particular story, that idea of fantasy and imagination is exactly what I wanted to inspire. The way the picture presents itself, we accept that the boy is "real" - but is the bridge real? Is it nearby or far away? does it exist only in his vision/imagination? What about the bridge is he looking at? Is it the bridge itself, or is it something happening on the bridge? I like that it also questions our perception of the scene by pushing the boundary of what is "real" in the scene and what is "imagined". We assume that the boy is "real", but is the bridge? Is it all of one scene or is this a montage, or is the boy looking at a Monet-esque painting of a bridge? The bridge is indistinct enough that we're not even sure if it is a real bridge, or just an imagined/idealized bridge.