Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition can be defined as placing two variable, side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison. Many creative processes rely on juxtaposition. By juxtaposing two objects or words next to each other, human brain will automatically associate or transfer meaning. Usually ‘turning’ something familiar to something less familiar or vice-versa.

Definition of Juxtaposition - A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as a juxtaposition of words.

Example :

<<---- unfamiliar
                     cute

<<---- familiar



The act of juxtaposing is to place two objects or word next to each other. When 2 things put side by side, your brain try to figure what is the relationship between these two?

What automatically happens is that there is transference of meaning. Usually from something familiar to
Something less familiar. (What is the relationship? Or the meaning Or the similarities?)

VISUAL PUNS
Creating an artwork in which several visual form which look alike are connected and combined so as to bring out 2 or more possible meaningful. Visual puns are lower version of visual metaphor.

METAPHOR
In a figure of speech in which 2 different things are linked by some similarity. Comparison that are obviously are not consider metaphor. Therefore, metaphor occur, when 2 different ideas are being connected in imagination and agreed to be dissimalarity at first.

SIMILES
Using as/like.
Example : Life is like cooking. It all depends on what you add and how you mix it. sometimes you follow the recipe and at other times, you are creative. Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.

ANALOGY
2 or more things agree in some respects.
is a comparison of things that are essential dissimalarity but are shown throught the analogy to have some simililarity.A form of logical inference or an instance of it, based on the assumption that if 2 things are known tobe alike in some respects then they must be alike in other aspects.

Categories of Analogies :
1. Logical Analogies
Which use similarities subject in the design, structure or function of to connect back to the subject.
2. Affective Analogies
The emotional resemblance. The clearest example is the use of an animal to explain a certain characteristic of a person.

Love is like riding a rollercoaster.
There are ups and downs in a rollercoaster ride, just like love if we get through the ride we might just return for another !!