Tenth
Avenue
North
The Light
Meets the
Dark
By Summer Smothers
Background Information
• Tenth Avenue North is a Christian pop-rock
band from West Palm Beach, Florida.
• They took their name from a major east-west
road in Palm Beach County.
• Mike Donehey, the lead singer and
songwriter, stated, “We wanted it to be a
collision between our hearts and God's truth.
His grace collides with the dark inside of us.”
• The Light Meets the Dark, their second studio
album, was released on May 11, 2010.
Background Information
Cont.
The executive producer of the record was Terry
Hemmings along with Jason Ingram.
The album was released by Reunion Records, and
the cover art belongs to them.
Audience
The main audience of this picture is
directed mainly towards teenagers,
but can be viewed by anyone and
everyone. You could see it in a music
store and more than likely in a
Christian book store.
1. What is the first thing your eye is drawn to?
2. Why do you think there is a steak of light in the middle of the picture?
3. How does this cover art relate to the title of the album, The Light Meets the Dark?
Juxtaposition
There is obviously some juxtaposition in this
picture. At the bottom, there is mainly dark blues
and blacks, but once the darkness meets the
streak of light in the center, everything becomes
white. This was done to show once our darkness
collides with light, everything becomes easier
and brighter.
Color Symbolism
1. What do you think the dark colors
at the bottom of the picture and
the white at the top of the picture
symbolize?
2. Why do you think the three guys in
the middle of the picture are still in
dark colors?
Focus
The focus of this picture is the light next to the
man on the far right. The light is brighter in this
spot than it is anywhere else in the image. If you
close your eyes and open them again, more than
likely, your eyes will be drawn to that particular
spot of light.
Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
I believe that this image is logos, a logical appeal.
Whenever someone looks at it, it doesn’t take much logic
to figure out what the image is trying to communicate.
I also believe that this image is pathos, an emotional
appeal. To some people, it could mean hope and joy and
to others it might be offensive. Either way, it sparks an
emotion.
It can be argued whether or not this image holds ethos,
because everyone has different opinions of what they
think is right and wrong. Because it is a Christian band, it
is safe to assume that this album cover is applying to the
specific morals and ethics of Christians.
Bibliography
• Christianbook.com Web. “The Light Meets the Dark” – Tenth Avenue
North. Online Image. “The Light Meets the Dark” 11 May 2010
• "Tenth Avenue North." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 08 Oct.
2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Avenue_North>.
• "The Light Meets the Dark." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 08
Oct. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Meets_the_Dark>.