Distilled "Word"

The word I chose is "control". The Idea came to me quiet naturally, I felt like it represented control, but I couldn't explain why. After I looked at it for a while, I realized that I was trying to represent 2 different types of control within one image by using 2 symbols. I wanted to represent the hand as a more aggressive and active type of control, while the eye is a more reflective, passive control.

Therese pointed out the hand because it seems to continue out of the frame does not create as much impact as I wanted it to. By centering it & closing the image It would create a stronger symbol. Also, the use of red in the eye makes it very aggressive which was not the main purpose of this part of the image.

When I think of control, I immediately think of "1984" or "The Matrix". Two stories representing control very negatively, I believe. So that is probably why the entire image came out to be more aggressive than I wanted it to be.