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Here's the thing. When I showed them to my classmates and teacher they asked what the story was behind the images. I explained to them that there was no story, that I simply wanted them to have a cohesive feeling to them that looked elegant, and had the color red that appears in all of them. Of course then everyone felt like they needed to tell me what THEY THOUGHT was the story behind them. I told them that I didn't have a story, and they can choose to create their own narrative. Anyway, the teacher even joins in saying that she feels there should be a story yada yada. I explained that I find artists who try and put stories and symbolism behind EVERY piece of artwork are pretentious, and I didn't want any kind of story or symbolism. So then she tells me she doesn't like the rose because it is too symbolic and over used. I told her I WANTED the rose in there because I wanted every picture to have red in them. So then she suggests putting a blob of red paint on her dress. I told her I wanted the dress to look the same in all the photos. So she said just add red to the bottom right of the image.
So this is where I need you help. I like the rose, and I want to keep it in the painting. So I want the most elaborate symbolic story/idea/thought that you can come up with to represent these images. I was thinking about having her represent Aphrodite as she created the rose in Greek mythology. Any suggestions?