great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

Thesis: Felipe creates Aura, a figment of his imagination to come to terms with the fact that Consuelo is no longer the woman she once was to him and the prisoners in The Allegory of the Cave accept the shadows that they see on the wall as reality, affirming the idea that individuals create their own truths to get through difficult times.

The image I chose is a proper representation of my thesis because it can be seen as whichever image the viewer sees. Some people may see a candelabrum and others see the faces of two individuals. However, the only way an individual can see both images is if they are willing and want to see both images. If I told someone that all I see are two faces and they tell me that there is also a candelabrum, if I wanted to see that candelabrum, I would have to look deeper into the photo and want to accept that there may be something other than what I see. Both Felipe and the prisoners in the cave were content with their truths because what they saw was what they wanted to believe. They were not willing to look beyond their truths to explore what else could have been discovered.