In a sudden rush of inspiration, the Beatles song provided me with an idea for my developing project fuelled by my interest in the power of the human mind - dreams. Dreams can be beautiful or terrible, showing our true desires in a world that can be based on reality or completely imaginary, a perfect subject (with plenty of room for exploration) to being portray for my final unit! I wanted to incorporate the idea to "open at the close" (to shamelessly quote Dumbledore's snitch riddle) hence the door, and mind unlocking as we go slip into sleep. I think this therefore makes the effect of the eyes being closed much more significant and balances the piece, as the viewer faced with a new "window of the soul." Of course along with the title, my weakness for gold came into play, so I gave in and just plastered my face in the gleaming colour.
