Pants, Doorways and Arches

On Tuesday we discussed the different possibilities for the meaning of the cover of the book. My initial reaction was that it was doorways. Each doorway took a different perspective on the same background or topic. The doorways brought color to a dismal background. I found this to be metaphorical because the doorways can be the different genres taking an unique perspective on life. Most bring color to life in a large and overbearing way, where others have a lesser effect.

After listening to everyone else's description of the picture, I found the most interesting one was that the doorways were not doorways at all, but pants. This completely changed my perspective on what I saw in the picture. Perhaps we were delving too deeply into a metaphor that simply wasn't present. The pants were merely pants.