I looked at this painting for about 5 minutes. When I first looked at it, it seemed... a bit peaceful. When i listened to the music, danger struck the picture. When I add music, I think of something totally opposite! Then after that, I searched "opposite day" on Wikipedia. I don't know why though... But, it was still pretty cool! Anyway!, I like how the picture is like... colorful. I have many "I see's" and "I wonders!" :)
Like Racheal said, the first look at the picture shows something peaceful and content. Then, with music, the picture takes on a whole new meaning, worrysome and almost dangerous.
I imagine someone is playing in a river, a child actually. The child sees the logs in the distance; far away. but then the logs get closer... and closer... and closer. Then the child does not get out in time. He is pounded and smashed in the water. When the family finds him dead, they are very sad and quiet. Then they take the limp body and leave.
I imagine some people walking through the woods, and they hear a rustling in the trees. They then think that someone is following them. The band of criminals knocks them unconsious and drags them into the woods. The next thing they know, they've been tied to some trees in an ufamiliar clearing
Actually, when I first look at the picture, I get the shivers. >.> And with the music combined..it's just scary. :,( Like a terror movie when the character goes into the wrong room or something? That's because when I first look at the picture, I see the scary tree first. Plus, the colors scare me. I don't know, but that's what I think. :O
I'm reading a book about a girl who lives in a theater and the beginning of the music reminds me of the night before the play and everyone is nervous. The fast part reminds me of the night of the play when the audience began to riot climb up on stage. The end is after the riot and everyone is looking over what's left and the rotten fruit the audience threw.
When the music is playing and I look at the painting, I see the trees curling up and dying and turning gray. While this is all happening, a colorful humming bird is chirping and is upset that everything is changing. The bird sees darkness changing the land and the darkness was coming staight at him. He flew away, luckly. The logs shrink into black pebbles and soon everything turns gray and black. Then at the end, a still colorful humming bird starts flying around again and is chirping beautifully while crying. He is crying because his world is dead.
That's a lot of detail Elisabeth. But I had imagined a person, strolling along the pathway. It was a peaceful, relaxing walk. The person was admiring the landscape and its beauty. Then I played the music. It was somewhat intense. It reminded me of the Wizard of Oz. Also, as if a tornado had appeared out of no where. The sky turned dark, the trees became thick and dense with looming shadows hanging over the person. Out of pure terror, the person ran blindly down the never-ending path, unsure of what had happened. He ran, and ran; chest heaving and exhausted. He stopped, hoping it was okay, but still cautious. Then he was attacked by something. Like a sworm of bees? When they leave, the person lay unmoving, cold-skinned, and stone dead. The sun began to rise once more and the world seemed to be innocent again. Sort of, as if the whole world had been waiting for this to happen. Just so it could be good again.
When the bees attacked the person, your details reminded me of Glimmer, when she was attacked. (Don't blame me for spoilers if you didn't read the book yet.:) )
I pictured a young girl walking in the woods, and the trees curling up right behind her and she doesn't notice. Then she turns around and it takes her in.
At first, before listening to the music, the picture was calm like no danger could happen. But with the music, I imagine a little girl walking in the words at the beginning and keeps looking backward. Then when the loud sound stared playing, I imagine the trees coming to life and chasing the little girl. At the end, I imagine the trees torn her up and ate her piece by piece. As the music became softer, the trees was rubbing their stomach and burping.
I imagined something kind of like Elisabeth. There was a man walking towards the woods with an ax, to get firewood. When he chopped the first tree darkness poured from it like blood from a wound. The darkness was engulfing the world and swallowing it up. The man was running away from the darkness. When it almost caught up to him, he stopped running and closed his eyes. After a while he felt nothing and he opened his eyes. He was in total darkness and nothingness. At the end when the flute started playing, I imagined the man taking a step. Where his foot landed grass, flowers, and life sprang up. When the music ended I kind of heard my own in my head. The man danced to it creating a trail of life. In the end he had created a beautiful new world and humans and animals bubbled from the ground like in The Magicians Nephew.
I pictured construction workers tearing down the forest for a brand new building. During the attack on the forest the plants began to fight back against the construction workers. The battle raged on until finally it ended when the construction workers and their powerful machines were defeated. After their defeat, they quickly evacuated the forest.
I think of the tree coming to life and it see's all the chopped wood. Then I see the tree trying to replant all the tree's. After a while, all the tree's are planted, but then a little chubby boy comes out of no where and starts knocking all the tree's down again. The tree that replanted the other tree's gets mad and EATS the boy. Later the boys parents come looking for the boy. The parents never find him, but they swear the shape of the tree looks like the boy's face in complete horror. They give up and leave crying. The tree replants the other tree's once more and everything is happy again. From Isaiah Dean #4
Wow...what fun to read your imaginative thoughts. The music makes the scene more "dreadful," I think. Those horns playing along with the percussion is one part of the instrumentation that gives me the "scared" shivers. Another part of the music is its dynamics - when begins loudly then gets much softer. OH NO!!!! What is in those woods...stalking me?
The commentary at artfinder says that this may be a painting about "mortality," as in when older people start worrying about dying.
If you liked this art work: here's the link to the art gallery that "represents" David Hockney. They have a number of his works on display for sale. :) http://www.hockneypictures.com/exhibitions/pace09/pace09_11.php
I feel like something's going to pop out from behind a tree. That or something evil and secret is going on. It just made me feel like there's something there that you can't see.
I saw three tribes ( the three different groups of logs) that were conquered by outsiders ( when the notes got low and quick) and eventually died off. I imagined some survivors coming back to there burnt homes and weeping over their loss.
I feel like something bad is going to come around the bend. Or that all the timber will be torn up or destroyed. Something bad.
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I looked at this painting for about 5 minutes. When I first looked at it, it seemed... a bit peaceful. When i listened to the music, danger struck the picture. When I add music, I think of something totally opposite! Then after that, I searched "opposite day" on Wikipedia. I don't know why though... But, it was still pretty cool! Anyway!, I like how the picture is like... colorful. I have many "I see's" and "I wonders!" :)
ReplyDeleteLike Racheal said, the first look at the picture shows something peaceful and content. Then, with music, the picture takes on a whole new meaning, worrysome and almost dangerous.
ReplyDeleteOh, for some reason, I also think of a zombie apocalypse. Like when it first starts, and everything seems all "dead".
ReplyDeletei imagined a tree lover trying to escape the forest but each step s/he took a tree fell.
ReplyDeleteI imagine someone is playing in a river, a child actually. The child sees the logs in the distance; far away. but then the logs get closer... and closer... and closer. Then the child does not get out in time. He is pounded and smashed in the water. When the family finds him dead, they are very sad and quiet. Then they take the limp body and leave.
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What a pleasant image (hopefully you know sarcasm when you see it).
Delete:-0 the poor little kid!!! he was so young!
DeleteI imagine some people walking through the woods, and they hear a rustling in the trees. They then think that someone is following them. The band of criminals knocks them unconsious and drags them into the woods. The next thing they know, they've been tied to some trees in an ufamiliar clearing
ReplyDeletei imagined someone walking through the forest, then getting chased.
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Actually, when I first look at the picture, I get the shivers. >.> And with the music combined..it's just scary. :,(
ReplyDeleteLike a terror movie when the character goes into the wrong room or something? That's because when I first look at the picture, I see the scary tree first. Plus, the colors scare me. I don't know, but that's what I think. :O
Thee colors scare me too! It is because they seem like they don't fit and it is kind of unsettling.
DeleteThee? That is my new favorite word! Its got a nice ring to it. THEE!
DeleteLol hallie THEE
DeleteI agree with you, Hallie. When I take a closer look at the picture, I saw that the tree had a scary looking face. It is an unsettling picture.
DeleteI'm reading a book about a girl who lives in a theater and the beginning of the music reminds me of the night before the play and everyone is nervous. The fast part reminds me of the night of the play when the audience began to riot climb up on stage. The end is after the riot and everyone is looking over what's left and the rotten fruit the audience threw.
ReplyDeleteThat would be scary.
DeleteWhen I see this picture, the first thing that comes to my mind is the hunger games.(I don't know why)
ReplyDeleteWhen the music is playing and I look at the painting, I see the trees curling up and dying and turning gray. While this is all happening, a colorful humming bird is chirping and is upset that everything is changing. The bird sees darkness changing the land and the darkness was coming staight at him. He flew away, luckly. The logs shrink into black pebbles and soon everything turns gray and black. Then at the end, a still colorful humming bird starts flying around again and is chirping beautifully while crying. He is crying because his world is dead.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of detail Elisabeth. But I had imagined a person, strolling along the pathway. It was a peaceful, relaxing walk. The person was admiring the landscape and its beauty. Then I played the music. It was somewhat intense. It reminded me of the Wizard of Oz. Also, as if a tornado had appeared out of no where. The sky turned dark, the trees became thick and dense with looming shadows hanging over the person. Out of pure terror, the person ran blindly down the never-ending path, unsure of what had happened. He ran, and ran; chest heaving and exhausted. He stopped, hoping it was okay, but still cautious. Then he was attacked by something. Like a sworm of bees? When they leave, the person lay unmoving, cold-skinned, and stone dead. The sun began to rise once more and the world seemed to be innocent again. Sort of, as if the whole world had been waiting for this to happen. Just so it could be good again.
DeleteIf you think Elisabeth's has a lot of detail, look at your own!
DeleteThanks you put a lot of details too!
DeleteWhen the bees attacked the person, your details reminded me of Glimmer, when she was attacked. (Don't blame me for spoilers if you didn't read the book yet.:) )
DeleteOr Tracker Jackers. :]
Deleteha I know right! I didn't know how much I put until I published it. Thanks also...
DeleteWith the picture and the music, the day in the picture seems very windy.
ReplyDeleteThe music makes panting really SCEARY :{
ReplyDeleteThis music frightened!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteME. I for got me.
DeleteHow could you forget precious "me"?
DeleteI saw the trees falling or lumberjacks cutting them down.
ReplyDeleteI pictured a young girl walking in the woods, and the trees curling up right behind her and she doesn't notice. Then she turns around and it takes her in.
ReplyDeleteAt first, before listening to the music, the picture was calm like no danger could happen. But with the music, I imagine a little girl walking in the words at the beginning and keeps looking backward. Then when the loud sound stared playing, I imagine the trees coming to life and chasing the little girl. At the end, I imagine the trees torn her up and ate her piece by piece. As the music became softer, the trees was rubbing their stomach and burping.
ReplyDeleteThe trees were avenging their cousins that are now paper.
DeleteBurping? Lols
DeleteYeah.
DeleteThat's the really weird part.
why do you and kacey have such sad stories!!!
DeleteI imagined something kind of like Elisabeth. There was a man walking towards the woods with an ax, to get firewood. When he chopped the first tree darkness poured from it like blood from a wound. The darkness was engulfing the world and swallowing it up. The man was running away from the darkness. When it almost caught up to him, he stopped running and closed his eyes. After a while he felt nothing and he opened his eyes. He was in total darkness and nothingness. At the end when the flute started playing, I imagined the man taking a step. Where his foot landed grass, flowers, and life sprang up. When the music ended I kind of heard my own in my head. The man danced to it creating a trail of life. In the end he had created a beautiful new world and humans and animals bubbled from the ground like in The Magicians Nephew.
ReplyDeleteI saw trees mourning over dead logs after a devastating battles with insane lumberjacks.
ReplyDeleteawesome!
Deletea storm
ReplyDeleteI imagine a bunch of people sharing one room and hurrying trying to make it to were they have to be
ReplyDeleteI pictured construction workers tearing down the forest for a brand new building. During the attack on the forest the plants began to fight back against the construction workers. The battle raged on until finally it ended when the construction workers and their powerful machines were defeated. After their defeat, they quickly evacuated the forest.
ReplyDeleteI think of the tree coming to life and it see's all the chopped wood. Then I see the tree trying to replant all the tree's. After a while, all the tree's are planted, but then a little chubby boy comes out of no where and starts knocking all the tree's down again. The tree that replanted the other tree's gets mad and EATS the boy. Later the boys parents come looking for the boy. The parents never find him, but they swear the shape of the tree looks like the boy's face in complete horror. They give up and leave crying. The tree replants the other tree's once more and everything is happy again.
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Everything is happy again? What about the boy and his crying parents?
DeleteWow...what fun to read your imaginative thoughts. The music makes the scene more "dreadful," I think. Those horns playing along with the percussion is one part of the instrumentation that gives me the "scared" shivers. Another part of the music is its dynamics - when begins loudly then gets much softer. OH NO!!!! What is in those woods...stalking me?
ReplyDeleteThe commentary at artfinder says that this may be a painting about "mortality," as in when older people start worrying about dying.
If you liked this art work:
here's the link to the art gallery that "represents" David Hockney. They have a number of his works on display for sale. :)
http://www.hockneypictures.com/exhibitions/pace09/pace09_11.php
I went to the site, and I think he likes to paint trees... Some of his paintings were really colorful, like this one. :)
DeleteI feel like something's going to pop out from behind a tree. That or something evil and secret is going on. It just made me feel like there's something there that you can't see.
ReplyDeleteI saw three tribes ( the three different groups of logs) that were conquered by outsiders ( when the notes got low and quick) and eventually died off. I imagined some survivors coming back to there burnt homes and weeping over their loss.
ReplyDeleteIts really sad and lonely altogether.
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