by JF Lansdowne
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ART OF THE LOUNGE
AHWAHNEEE HOTEL ⎔ BOG OAK ⎔ COOPER’S HAWK ⎔ GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL ⎔ HOUND IN FIELD ⎔ IRISH SETTER ⎔ TATÂNGA MÂNÎ PORTRAIT
APPEARANCE
Same as the chickenhawk beside it, 35:10-35:15, but then it doesn’t appear with the hawk as Wendy runs to nightmare Jack’s side later.
IDENTITY
The gull is horribly, painfully average, but maybe the point is just that. Most people are not chickenhawks. Most people are just trying to get by in their little ecosystem. Lansdowne also didn’t do many illustrations of birds about to take flight (in my research), so perhaps that was the other desired effect.
Danny making the last left of his first lesson, meaning that it likely corresponds to the last left he makes before escaping the maze at the end, so that could be why the glaucous-winged gull is about to lift off.
This one was named by the father of scientific ornithology, Johann Friedrich Naumann.
MIRRORFORM SIGNIFICANCE
Wendy opposite this is saying, “I think maybe he should be taken to a doctor.” Again, this turn corresponds to Danny’s final escape from the maze, and therefore the film. So, while Wendy had some good intentions, Danny ultimately had to free himself. Incidentally, the mirror moment for Danny’s final turn is Ullman asking Susie to send Bill Watson in to join the interview. As I’ve discussed many times, Watson is dressed like Bugs Bunny during the tour, which seems to suggest he might be another “doc”.
Next art reference: After the Bath
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OTHER MAIN PAGES FOR SHINING ANALYSIS
THE MIRRORFORM ⎔ THE BEATLES ⎔ THE RUM AND THE RED
BACKGROUND ART ⎔ OVERLOOK PHOTOGRAPHS ⎔ GOLDEN SPIRALS
PHI GRIDS ⎔ PATTERNS ⎔ VIOLENCE AND INDIGENA ⎔ ABSURDITIES
THE STORY ROOM ⎔ ANIMAL SYMBOLS ⎔ THE ANNOTATED SHINING
EYE SCREAM 