Symbolism & Iconography in Art
Explore your emotions with the symbolic meanings in contemporary artwork. Learn how to identify the signs of your core self to inspire emotional growth.
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A Moment of Introspection
There’s an elegance and a sense of grace to this picture. When I relax into the scene, I wonder about the situations this represents. In reality, a person who metaphorically sails the sea speaks of living a life that is likely to involve being swallowed by whirlpools or caught by a
Some Open Questions About the Work of Paul Rumsey
Paul Rumsey is the artist responsible for creating some of the best penis drawings I’ve ever seen. He’s a great artist irrespective of the content, but the ones containing man’s best friend are just brilliant. Blatantly graphic yet surprisingly analytic. He is one of those people I’d like to sit
Quiet Time
I know very little of Novus41, other than he’s a Polish forty-three-year-old who goes by the name of Stanley. Well, that’s not quite all. His bio, translated for free with good ol’ Google translate, says that he does physical work during the day, and his art is created in his spare time.
Art as Therapy: An artist’s expression
The following images are all the work of Susanne, a woman living on Sweden’s west coast. I came across her work on DeviantArt; she runs an Art-Psychology group there and openly admits to using art as a form of therapy, along with any writing she does to go alongside it. I
Do You Have Her Patience
That’s what he said to me. Or, more precisely, “Do you have the patience to be like the nun in the picture? She looks dreamy, like you. Would you take your time like she is? Would you have all the time in the world to seduce me?” My relationship with Him has always been complex.
Do We Have an Aversion to Sadness?
A few days ago, I came across an article which looked at the statistics on the popularity of social networking posts. It had a whole load of pretty pie charts to show how the underlying emotional tone
Rapunzel
I managed to find a few images which offer various takes on the myth of Rapunzel. Extremely long hair, a central theme of Rapunzel, doesn’t always come with a tower, and there are a couple of examples further down the page. I have no idea if the modifications provide additional insight into the artists who created them,