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Two Eyes. Two Stories. What’s Yours Telling You?
The concept will focus on the duality of human emotion and how each eye can react differently to the world around us. The idea is to capture this contrast and inner complexity, highlighting how our eyes reflect our emotional states in different ways, even within a single moment.
The eyes are the essential symbolic sensory organ. They can represent other qualities: intelligence, light, vigilance, moral conscience, and truth. Looking someone in the eye is a Western custom of honesty. In the Bible, eyes represent the innermost feelings and desires of the heart. “Therefore, a 'good eye' revealed morally excellent and generous intentions, while an 'evil eye' exposed an evil heart with wicked connotations of envy, greed, and jealousy” (Kotze 2007:143).
Symbolic Reflection in the Eye:
The reflection within each eye becomes the symbolic language of emotion. What’s mirrored in the eye could be:
Right Eye: A fast-moving cityscape, a spark of light, something in motion (e.g., a fire, a heartbeat).
Left Eye: A still pond, an open book, or something in quiet movement (e.g., a falling leaf, a gentle breeze).
The idea is that each eye tells its own version of the story, and the reflection provides a subtle visual cue to what’s going on internally.
