Ralph Eugene Meatyard

The image allows the viewer to sense either a calm or eerie mood. The bare twigs on the trees gives the viewer a sense of loneliness or depression as there is arguably no life on the trees. One could link bare trees to winter,which is cold, and can be a miserable time of year for some people.

On the other hand, one could also interpret this image as calming as there isn’t much going on with it and nothing is too busy.

In addition, only the front of the twigs are in focus which allows the viewer to see all the little details on the twigs and even see the little buds that are beginning to form on them.

The image is black and white which also gives the impression that the image is made to create a sense of loneliness and depression.

The twigs have a reasonably smooth texture which could be interpreted to show that life is normally simple however there will always be little bumps in the road. No one’s life is perfect.