Our presences melt away one another’s walls. We bring out the best in one another, and enables us to be comfortable to reveal our true selves without the fear of being ostracised by others. In the presence of one another’s sunshine, we are able to bloom and thrive.
Explanation:
All of us have friends, or at least that one friend that we always spend time with, and someone who knows us better than others do. To me, friendship is like the bright rays of sunshine; necessary, warm, and embracing, which brings lots of happiness, energy and support into our lives.
The sunshine melting the aluminium can, and exposing the flower which was encased within represents the notion of friendship being capable of tearing down our walls and facades. To me, I feel that everyone portrays ourselves differently whenever we are alone with public, or in the presence of unfamiliar acquaintances, compared to when we are in the presence of our close friends. Hence, I decided to use an undented aluminium can to represent the facade that we have to put up, which is cold, restrained, too smooth and perfect. The presences of close friends boost our self-confidence and enables us to drop the facade and be comfortable to reveal our true selves along with them; such as laughing out loudly or being unladylike instead of being constantly cautious about our postures and behaviours, without the fear of being judged and ostracised.
I decided to use a golden yellow Gerbera to represent our inner personalities. I did not choose a golden Gerbera for a specific flower meaning or for an emotion that I wanted to convey; I simply chose it for its visual aspects, and that flowers are commonly used to represent a person’s personality. I chose a Gerbera, as they are well-known for their wide array of vibrant colours; which can represent the wide arrays of uniquely different, and vibrant personalities that we might all have, but are hidden away. Furthermore, I also chose to use a flower to represent our inner personalities as I chose to use sunshine to represent friendship; sunlight is necessary for flowers to bloom and thrive.