This beautiful picture is street art. Not just any street art, but street art done by Banksy. Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist in the world. Some pieces of his urban graffiti art, with its distinctive stencil style, have sold at auction for as much as $500,000. This piece was first put together on a random wall, with stencil.
When I first saw this picture I wasn't sure how to perceive it. I loved the image, but I didn't know if the meaning I had for it was the right meaning. Later I found out there was no specific meaning to the picture. Banksy did a broad picture and let people decide what THEY felt when they saw it.
The words "there is always hope" are written by the image and is a part of the whole image. Some people see it as you're trying to catch something ; dreams, hope, ect. While when I saw it I saw that you had to let go of negativity to let the good things come. And while doing that "always have hope".
This picture has a lot of meaning to me, I even have it tattooed on my body. And what I love most about it, is the fact that two different people can look at it and see two different perspectives.
As a mother the first thought I get looking at this picture is sadness. I see a little girl that just lost her balloon. But then thinking more about it, the wind is blowing her heart ballon away from her. The wind could represent something someone feels very strongly about that has their heart and they get carried away with it. A very strong passion has your heart.
ReplyDeleteit makes me think of a heart brake. It tells me that we are adults and have a tough exterior when it comes to dating and trying to find someone, but when we get heartbroken we become like a child who lost their balloon. It reminds me that being in love means being vulnerable, like a child.
ReplyDeleteThis to me is sad because I see the little girl as maybe she's lost a parent so she's letting her heart go to the heavens to be with them as never forgotten love.
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