Luli wrote:DoctorDraca wrote:Minimanta wrote:I still don't see what that dog has to do with mirrors..
It's more about symbolism, really. The dog had these cracks in it. Cracks in a mirror. Flaws we see when looking at ourselves.
Yet the adult dog has inverted colours, which could mean that either it changed so much, or that the flaws have overcome the positive sides because of a long life of doubts and fears. Because afterall, growing up is filled with doubts and fears, while you never have too much to worry about as a child. It's almost like a story, really.
In my opinion, anyway.
That's a very interesting interpretation! I wonder if Pandle will explain further :o
- I'll explain a little, only because there seems to be some confusion (although people are welcome to interpret the design however they like, this is only how I imagined it whilst making it).
The dog is meant to be symbolic of the misrepresentation we see in mirrors (as Doctor Draca explained so splendidly) , or even looking at other people.
What you see on the outside is no reflection of what's on the inside. Mental health awareness in particular is a great example; someone can appear to be perfectly healthy and happy, but inside their world might be falling pieces. This is what the cracks are meant to represent in a way. Alternatively, they can represent the cracks we sometimes show under stress/pressure. Even if you don't suffer from a mental health issue there are times in your life when you feel fit to burst and you just can't control all your emotions. The white pup isn't specific to innocence or "goodness", it's just the idea of a beginning with the thin black cracks symbolising the imperfections we carry.
The adult is inverted because I've found i've got a whole lot more imperfections now than I did when I was younger, but even so the white cracks on the dog show that I've not completely changed and there's still that old me there. We all grow up except peter pan, lucky thing and we all change, but we don't lose who we were before, we just add onto it and become complex and complicated. I hope that sort of helps anyone who was confused. Like I said, you're welcome to whatever interpretations you like of it, this was just the thinking behind it whilst I made it c:
