Tanerore - Week 1 Activity 3

Symbols and meanings I think my drawing has based on it's appearance:

The kowhaiwhai are Maori motifs, a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern. If you can spot that giant, circular kowhaiwhai cutting right the the middle centre, it points out that it could be some kind of bridge or wall for all of the life styles or type of mood we live in. For example, if some of us reading this has multiple personalities, one of the two could be shy type of person who doesn't like to show off much and keeps to themselves, and the other could be someone who enjoys making people laugh, and basically the clown of their friend-group. These personalities could have also been developed and improvised while growing up, if you're not a multi-personality type. The left side of the drawing represents a quiet, but disorientated life. You see, this person doesn't like to stand out too much, can also be seen as a bit clumsy and sticks to those he or she knows fully well. But when people start to get to know this person better, the kowhai plants start growing and bloom a beautiful yellow colour. The right side of this "masterpiece" can be represented as a person full of HUGE AMOUNTS of, well, happiness. But this person could also be seen as someone who leads a subtle and organised life. He or she is easy to approach, easy to talk to, easy to make friends with and makes you feel like you never want to leave their side. The repeated pattern points out that this person likes to have things their way, and likes the comfort of their home because they know where everything is and how everything operates. The drawings that kind of look like waves at the bottom of the page that goes from the left to right side in a curved kind of position is a little something I added because I love the sea. The line of upside down triangles on the top right side of the picture was drawn because I dream of going to Mount Fuji in Japan. And as for the little circular circles in random places of the art work was implanted so that big spaces in the picture wouldn't stand out that much, and also because I'd like to go to a place where it snows. If you're wondering why I haven't coloured it is, well, because I'm not very good with colour choices. And I'd like to look at it as a picture that's "not finished" because it also reminds us that for some of us young ones that life has a long way to go, and that opportunities are still yet to come. This goes for the older ones too, don't get the wrong idea :)