Without a sense of intrigue, the world feels dull. Maybe that’s what draws some of us to mystery novels and true crime. Myself, I love to create stories full of drama and twists of all kinds. I have always been drawn to works of all kinds that draw up my interest in the mystical and fantastic and inspire me to craft stories surrounding them. It is no different with these two works.
Ben Watkin‘s photo, “Cat,” captures a cat looking into the distance from below, the lighting and blur in the background creating a sense of melancholy and mystery while Hans Zimmerman‘s song, “Rainy Mystery,” creates an ambiance that feels like the background music for a drama. These two works join to create an unwritten dramatic story that is up to the viewer to compose. Overall, they are a good example of how two separate works can inspire and draw up our own creative ways of interpreting and shifting our surroundings into fiction. On their own, the former is just a photo of a cat and the latter is just a musical piece, but together they join and weave a dramatic story.
Hi Megan!
I really like the combination you’ve made. You’re totally right that, on their own, the image and song have simple meanings. Together, I feel like we’re being introduced to the office of a Private Investigator who just happens to be a cat. I like to imagine that he’s surrounded by humans, and no one really acknowledges that he’s just a cat. And maybe he wears a fedora, possibly a trench coat. And he doesn’t talk, but somehow always solves the case. Also, I was surprised to see a Hans Zimmerman song available under Creative Commons! He’s so talented. I mean heck, he made me start a cat detective novel just now!
Hey Megan, very nice selection of the cat and the intriguing music! Initially, my reaction to the cat image was that it seemed like it was looking at something with a bit of curiosity in its eyes. With the music separate from the image, it gives me a sense of a movie character transitioning or movement while in thought of deep emotions. When combined, the music and the cat absolutely enhance each other and seems to also be conveying this message while leaving a sense of intrigue. To create something that also might be a complete opposite of this, I would imagine a rock song being nothing like what someone would expect to hear when thinking of the image. But your choice was great!