For my broadside, I chose three images that related to the poem Sking, written by Jesse Purvis. In the poem, Jesse talks about this notion of sking as an adjective to describe people who float away into the sky, or let go of the fear that rules theirtheir daily lives. As such, I chose pictures that represented people floating away. My first image comes from the album cover of a band called Circa Survive. In the image, a girl is tied to a hot air balloon and her head is the fire making the balloon float in the air. I believe this image strongly depicts what the poem is trying to describe. The girl tied to the hot air balloon seems to be letting go and letting the air balloon take her away into the sky. This image parallel with the poem creates an image of floating away and letting go of fear. In addition, I like that this image is hand drawn as this depicts a simplicity surrounding the monumental notion of sking and it is more natural.

Sketch by Diane Krouse

Sketch by MIKEnergizer

Photo by Sky Photography

My second image is simply a drawing of a hot air balloon. Though this image does not have any noticeable people within it, it is a strong image that ties to the poem as it represents the notion of floating away into the sky. If somebody reads the title of the poem on the broadside and looks at the image of the hot air balloon it will not seem out of place. Additionally, it will allow them to visualize a person floating away in a hot air balloon as they read the poem. Again, I chose a sketch rather than a digital image because of the natural and simplistic feels this gives to the reader.

Finally, I chose the image of balloons because it is common knowledge that if you let go of a balloon it will float into the sky. While the image of a balloon is not quite as strong as my other two images I think it would still work well in my broadside because of this common knowledge associated with balloons. If someone were to read the poem and look at the image, they would think of someone holding a balloon, fearful of letting go for it might float into the sky. Overall, keeping the images simple and natural were important to me because I believe the author is talking about some deeper thoughts. This material matched with simpler images would balance the broadside out.