Jeanne C. I looked at Percy Shelley's poem Mutability in order to try and create a scene emulating the imagery he used in his poem and the intent behind his words. I used his imagery of clouds that restlessly "speed and gleam and quiver,/ Streaking the darkness" (Shelley 2). To interpret the idea of restless and impermanent clouds always moving and changing, I used a mixture of clouds and fog that almost seem to radiate off the rock and the tree. Everything in this scene, from the tree growing on the rock, the paper crane floating on the water, the reflection, the fog, and the clouds, are all subject to constant change. The scene would look different just a few minutes later, or with the slightest change in weather. A gust of wind could make even more leaves fall off the tree, and blow the paper crane out of sight. The rock, the most 'permanent' object in frame, is shown to be the most stable through its darker colors. However, even the rock may move and sink or otherwise change, and is only temporarily on this area of the lake. The fog, sky, and water were all painted using similar color schemes to add a feeling of borders between objects melting as they all share in their constant change. On this lake, nothing "may endure but Mutability," and the leaves are already changing color and slowly falling off while the paper crane is almost out of frame (16).
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