Am i creating a microcosm? well yes? i am trying to create a complete section of our world. I am not creating things that don't exist, i.e. fantasy. The worlds i create, are what i see to be perfectly real and rational. Everything needs to be to scale for it to work.
microcosm definition
A representation of something on a much smaller scale. Microcosm means“small world,” and in the thought of the Renaissance, it was appliedspecifically to human beings, who were considered to be small-scalemodels of the universe, with all its variety and contradiction. ( Comparemacrocosm.) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/microcosm)
it seems that you would need to have a complete!? person for this to be. I am trying to create complete scenes, leaving them open to many possibilities. I try to gage the sense that something has happened, taken place in my world, and it's up to you to rationalise what has happened.
mi·cro·cosm (mī′krə-kŏz′əm)n.A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: microcosm (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm) or microcosmosn1. a miniature representation of something, esp a unit, group, or place regarded as a copy of a larger one
2. (Philosophy) man regarded as epitomizing the universe
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/microcosm)
This too seems right, i want my work to have this sense that it is part of something bigger, that it is not just a stand alone thing.
In reference to epitomising the universe, does it sum the universe up? I dont know, i try to add in the darker side of the universe. I allow people to make their own decisions on what my work is about and whats happening/ just happened. Does that then make my audience the epitomiser of my work, the audience and my scene come together and become the microcosm?
microcosm definition
A representation of something on a much smaller scale. Microcosm means“small world,” and in the thought of the Renaissance, it was appliedspecifically to human beings, who were considered to be small-scalemodels of the universe, with all its variety and contradiction. ( Comparemacrocosm.) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/microcosm)
it seems that you would need to have a complete!? person for this to be. I am trying to create complete scenes, leaving them open to many possibilities. I try to gage the sense that something has happened, taken place in my world, and it's up to you to rationalise what has happened.
mi·cro·cosm (mī′krə-kŏz′əm)n.A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: microcosm (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm) or microcosmosn1. a miniature representation of something, esp a unit, group, or place regarded as a copy of a larger one
2. (Philosophy) man regarded as epitomizing the universe
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/microcosm)
This too seems right, i want my work to have this sense that it is part of something bigger, that it is not just a stand alone thing.
In reference to epitomising the universe, does it sum the universe up? I dont know, i try to add in the darker side of the universe. I allow people to make their own decisions on what my work is about and whats happening/ just happened. Does that then make my audience the epitomiser of my work, the audience and my scene come together and become the microcosm?