Metaphors are believed to possess the power to challenge assumptions, create new universal views, and influence ideas. A popular statement is that a picture is worth a thousand words. Therefore, a visual metaphor like the Learning Gives you wings by Rafael Consuegra is a great masterpiece in the way it informs society and cultural opinions, shapes collective biases and influences the humanity’s societal attitudes. The Learning gives you wings has a mix of several media sculptures that make it both literally and symbolically interesting. It depicts people climbing to the top most part of a building in preparation for a moment of flight. The people with wings represent students progressing with their schoolwork in college. These student are climbing up a wall that leads to the peak of their education which is when they graduate. The peak of the building symbolizes their goals in their life and what it is they desire to achieve. As the students climb up they begin to grow wings which stands for the potential that each student has. The wings grow slowly during the climb indicating that learning is a process and …show more content…
He discusses the various elements that influence the effect that images will have on a reader. Images should communicate quite quickly the particular appearance of an object, symbol, character or location to the audience. The Learning gives you wings artwork represents key lessons in education and how education is the stepping stone to a better future. The artwork is straightforward and falls short in depicting the struggles and obstacles that a student must overcome in their education before graduation. I believe the artist should have done this piece in a manner that depicts a more stimulating and challenging environment to improve on creativity since college is a tasking and rigorous