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Anyway, a delightful painting by Salvador Dali appeared on my Calendar today.
(click for original size)
As a history buff, this interested me immediately. The symbolism here is pretty intense.
Dali painted this when he was visiting the USA in 1943, which explains the majority of what you see here.
In the painting, A huge man himself out into the world from North America. His hand is grasped firmly on England, showing the USA's now huge power in comparison. Also notice how large Africa and South America are in relation to Europe, which is tiny and shrivelled. In the decades to come, those two continents would be a much greater center of conflict and importance to global events than Europe, which had been on its' way out since the first world war.
Note the blood coming out of the crack. This man's entrance onto the global stage is not a smooth or simple one.
I still have no idea what he meanth by the child and hermaphrodite in the foreground, though. Maybe the child represents humanity's collective consciousness? It's obviously fearful about North America's violent exit from its shell.
Well, that's my essay for today, and possibly for a long time, until I decide to update again :V
