Art+&+Narrative





" This was a legitimate exotic bird, strutting awkwardly past our kitchen window, in suburban Milford, Ohio." The first image is //Sun on Prospect Street// by Edward Hopper and represents the suburban community in which my narrative takes place. It portrays a clean-cut, stereotypical American town where one would not expect to see something as exotic as an emu as I did in my narrative. The second image is Jennifer Purdum's //Exodus Series II// and represents the emu's perspective in my narrative as being different and unable to fit in in an unfamiliar setting. It also portrays bird as a beast with the wild figure of the wood with legs in a suburban background. The last image is //Yosemite Valley// by L.A. Roberts. This piece conveys a beautiful scenery of pure nature. It can relate to my narrative because the heart of nature is where the 'beast' or the emu actually belongs. It also suggests that the emu isn't actually a beast at all, but a beautiful creature that lost it's way and found itself far away from home in unfamiliar surroundings.