Hope

The scene can read with a narrative direction toward a desirable possibility amid uncertainty.

Visual traits

• anticipation of a desirable possibility
• uncertainty amid difficulty
• narrative direction without a fixed outcome

Expected changes

• The scene is more likely to read as a theme of anticipating a desirable possibility.

Definition

Hope is a narrative theme of anticipating a desirable possibility beyond difficulty. It does not determine religion, certain success, happiness, salvation, particular light or color, people, or culture.

In more detail

It concerns a theme that attends to the possibility of moving toward a desirable direction despite uncertainty or difficulty. It does not guarantee that an outcome occurs, that difficulty is resolved, or that anyone is saved. This theme alone does not add a particular religious meaning, cultural symbol, or conventional use of light or color.

Includes

• A narrative theme of anticipating a desirable possibility beyond difficulty

Excludes

• Religion, certain success, happiness, salvation, particular light or color, people, or culture
• A guarantee that difficulty is resolved or an outcome occurs

What this does not imply

• Religion, certain success, happiness, salvation, particular light or color, people, or culture

Variability

The nature of difficulty, how possibility is expressed, people, setting, color, and light can be adjusted separately.

Usage

• Specify only anticipation of a desirable possibility without making success or salvation certain

Distinguish similar expressions

• Specify religion, people, light, color, or a concrete outcome separately only when needed

Typical uses

• Give scenes containing people, animals, unoccupied spaces, or landscapes a narrative theme of anticipating a desirable possibility

Possible failure modes

• The scene makes success or salvation already certain
• Religious or cultural symbols are added without support
• Hope is reduced to happiness or a bright color alone