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What is the imaginative journey represented in the text and how do language forms, features and structures shape meaning and influence response? This painting takes the responder on an imaginary journey into a world where the dominant force is nature. The abstract painting is a reversal of the everyday world whereby humans are not the superior beings of normal. This is seen by the way in which humans are portrayed as tiny creatures compared to …

…painting, which is shown through the leaves growing from her head. She is reaching out her hand to seize the fleeing humans. They are retreating as if in guilt of the destruction they know they have caused to the world. The humans fleeing up the mountain to the sun for saviour is symbolic of humanities arrogance and complacency in thinking that the life force of the world they have neglected so harshly will save them.