The River Archetype

In this drawing it shows a flower growing in a pile of dirt, while being watered by a watering pan with a stream of water flowing past it. Also this scene presented is surrounded by an endless amount of blackness. As you may know flowers and all plants need sunlight, soil, and water in order to grow. In my drawing I was able to include two of these beneficial resources for a plant to thrive. The one component that I did not include was sunlight; however, the flower in my drawing still has the ability to grow. In addition, this drawing the flower is being boxed in by eternal darkness. Therefore, the black color enclosing all of the objects in this drawing represents the chaos going on at a certain point in my life. Additionally, the flower would

The archetype used in my visual would mainly be “The River”. In this archetype, it represents the journey that a person may take, in my visual I wanted it to be a symbolic representation of my journey by overcoming certain obstacles. Finally, the multiple colors that I used in this visual were black, white, blue, brown, and green. First of all, the color white that was used to border around almost all of the objects in this visual including; the flower, and the watering can. This portrayed the hope that I had to keep me going strong through the hard times in my life. The color of blue symbolized by the watering can show the spiritual purity that fed me to keep going on and have determination through the times that seemed as if there was no hope left. Furthermore, the color green is clearly present in the stem and leaves of the flower. They embody how I was still able to grow through the dark events that have occurred. Lastly, in the pile of dirt that is enclosed around the flower is the color brown, which serves as the renewal in how I learned to keep