The {Sub-textual} Image Underground

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About The {Sub-textual} Image Underground

An exploration of the implicit in images.
[A concept in progress...]

"My soul is my counsel and has taught me to give ear to the voices which are created neither by tongues nor uttered by throats."
~Kahlil Gibran

"let's share some thoughts with images..."
~charles van L.

"Defined by the deviance hidden in the darkness "
~agonysmuse

"The link between thought and reality."
~yellow ceylon

"wanders off in between the lines........."
Puddingcups






technique can be amazing but what is the subtext? what is implied?
what is the text/content/information being communicated/transferred/imbedded but is'nt articulated? what is subliminal?
this group seeks to delve into the unspoken/unseen/underground world of subtext that lurks just beneath the surface of images(and/or text).
so post any pics (and/or text) that u feel is saying something that is not evident or is implied and/or find/read the subtext in an image and post what u think it is.
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some definitions:

Subtext is content of a book, play, film or television series which is not announced explicitly by the characters (or author) but is implicit or becomes something understood by the reader / viewer as the production unfolds. Subtext can also refer to the thoughts and motives of the characters which are only covered in an aside. Subtext can also be used to imply controversial subjects without specifically alienating people from the fiction, often through use of metaphor.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtext

subtext:
* The implicit or metaphorical meaning.
* Implied or understood though not directly expressed.
* Contained in the nature of something though not readily apparent.

text:
* The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.
* Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.
* A subject; a topic.
ETYMOLOGY
Middle English texte, from Old French, from Late Latin textus, written account, from Latin, structure, context, body of a passage, from past participle of texere, to weave, fabricate; see teks- in Indo-European roots

textual:
ADJECTIVE
* Of, relating to, or conforming to a text
NOUN
* A method of literary criticism in which the interrelated details of a written work are examined and analyzed in an effort to understand its structure and discover meanings.
ETYMOLOGY
French : explication, explanation + de, of + texte, text

implicit:
ADJECTIVE
1. Conveyed indirectly without words or speech
2. Involved in the essential nature of something but not shown or developed
ETYMOLOGY
Latin implicitus, variant of implictus, past participle of implicre, to entangle
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"Can one call the white background something in between lines..or are there hidden messages hidden deep within the in between lines...or are there no such thing as in between lines...and all this in between lines is nothing but jargon and endless useless thought about in between the lines..."
Puddincups

let us entangle...

http://zakros.ucsd.edu/%7Etrohrer/metaphor/metaphor.htm#related