Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition means placing 2 variables side by side and contrast or similarity are shown through comparison.

 Simply stated, juxtaposition means placing things side-by-side. In art this usually is done with the intention of bringing out a specific quality or creating an effect, particularly when two contrasting or opposing elements are used. The viewer's attention is drawn to the similarities or differences between the elements.

Juxtaposition can be used in different things like writing poetry, art, science and many other different things.

Below is an example of Juxtaposition in poetry

I thoroughly hate loving you.

      Your heart is a perfectly-carved stone;
      Set deep into your chest, soft as granite.

      I grip you gently with angels’ claws;
      Icy breath scorching your warm, shivering skin.

      Your hard topaz eyes shimmer liquidly;
      Evaporating my soul with their numbing heat.

Together we fall upwards, drowning in the very air that whistles past our entwined, separate bodies.

      Your moist lips deliver a dry kiss upon mine;
      I can live neither with nor without you, my sweet oxymoron.

You and I;
      A perfect juxtaposition.

Another example of juxtaposition is below

InBeowulf, the poets skillfully use juxtaposition to suggest a subtext that ridicules the Germanic warrior's misplaced love of treasure, the bestiality, futility, and wastefulness of feuding, and, finally, inBeowulf's last fight, the failure and dissolution of the comitatus.

To the Germanic warriors the possession of treasure such as gold, silver, famous swords, and helmets symbolized loyalty, allegiance and protection. The Beowulf poets show the reader that the warriors' value of treasure is misguided by first skillfully mentioning treasure, in detail, at times that make it seem worthless such as burial and death. When discussing Shild's burial, the poet notes that his men "heaped up.....

Juxtaposition of the use of regicide in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth. "Crowing achievements are best made in cold blood"

Almost everyone uses juxtaposition in their nomal lives with out even realising it.

The best photographers in the world use it, juyst like in the pictures below..

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan, NYC. 

Christmas decorations provide an altered perspective up on the famous shot tower (left) and the steel conical dome of the Melbourne Central shopping complex

Inside of one of the large cathedral in downtown Chicago. Since the church was actually in service, I took this shot from the hallway, which was separated by this avant-guard metal lattice work from the nave. The glass plates of the partition had a horrible orange tint, so I decided to convert the image to grayscale. 

People, usually women, use creative juxtapositions of objects, those that could be defined as art or artifact and those designated as commodity, to classify their home as a certain type of space, to identify themselves as certain kinds of people, to push the boundaries of middle-class identity, and to conform to middle-class ideals of home decoration.

To be creative is not a state of mind, we are all born as creative being but as we grow older we tend to pay attention to other aspects of our talents and lives and never really practice and nurture our creativity.I have done a few exercises to sharpen my techniques and i will share them below so that all of you can also practice.

Exercise 1
Choose three sets of numbers

0 Flower	9 Head
1 lightning	8 Rain
2 ice	7 Wood
3 light	6 Tree
4 fire	5 Spider
5 duck	4 Root
6 dog	3 Mountain
7 oil	2 Wind
8 leave	1 Rock
9 fly	0 water

Then after look at the list of words above and choose a set of words which represents the numbers.
Then make a sentence, how ever simple it might be with the words u chose, each sentence for 1 set of words you chose..
My set of words
01-fly and water
: I saw a beautiful bird fly by and it was as blue as water..
05-fly and root
: The naughty fly was caught by the big root..
10-flower and head
: The boy put the pretty flower on the girl's head
Then after u have written your sentences, draw an illustration of your sentence.
The next step is, put together the 2words you chose to make 1 word…
1.fly+water = flywater
2.fly+root=flyroot
3.flower+head=flowerhead
Then draw a picture of the words you just made to illustrate what the object u just named would look like. below are my illustrations

The next step is, put together the 2words you chose to make 1 word…
1.fly+water = flywater
2.fly+root=flyroot
3.flower+head=flowerhead
Then draw a picture of the words you just made to illustrate what the object u just named would look like.
Below is my illustration