At first, I wanted to do a project on fashion but I decided to change my topic to "Paper Planes" because I could not get the song "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. out of mind. I decided to manufacture my project visually through power point. I googled paper planes and copied and pasted the image you see above. I decided to leave the background white because it gives the optical illusion that the planes are flying through the air. The words spin and fly in but I could not upload the powerpoint onto my blog. It also has M.I.A.'s "Paper planes" streaming in the background.
The lyrics to the M.I.A. song fits in perfectly with this concrete image. The lyrics"I fly like paper, get high like planes," are really up for interpretation. Like for all great songs, listeners interpret the message the way the want and how it relates to their life. "Flying like paper" could literally mean to fly like a paper plane or it could mean soar through life without a care in a word. Also, "get high like planes" could mean to be high off of drugs. To me, the song means to be "fly", meaning to be stylish and coordinating your clothes well. Or to be flawless in your attire.
Here is the video for "Paper Planes"
As you can see in the very being of the video, paper planes are soaring through the sky
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