symbols
The main character is in an ambiguous position that could be seen as a state of interruption while in serious thought or while defecating. He is looking away from the charlatan and his dreams and muses and trying his best not to be consumed by the illusions of his prospective triumphs and tumults. The illusion of his multiple feet represent a constant shifting of position because he doesn’t know where he is standing.

The symbol of the flowers with faces are the promises of one’s future, the ones that are stared at with the indoctrinated myth of ‘happily ever after’. They are the muses of destiny which make one want to go further.

The falling babies represent the fear of disappointment of following a dream may only come in fruition for a split second until one falls down the stem of the flower. I chose to have babies falling because when in a position of falling, it is that humbling moment when one realizes that they are devoid of the sense of control. I later realized that this was the unconscious resurfacing of an image that particularly disturbed me, which was the photos of people falling from the World Trade Center in the 9/11 attacks. I still feel guilty for appreciating the aesthetical qualities of those pictures.

The charlatan is your auxiliary being that looks over you and mocks you for what you are doing. The cherry at the tip of his tongue is his way of making fun of you to show that he has what you want, and it is in its final exhibition before it gets ingested. These are the demons we have to fight, or what would be more wiser to ignore.

colors
The colors were carefully chosen as I wanted flesh-like colors for the main character, to symbolize being stripped to innocence. Broken reds for the flowers, to symbolize the anticipation of the prospects of broken dreams and promises. The black ink is the skeleton of thought that brings everything together. It is the omniscient framework that brings all the thoughts under the same umbrella. The colors of the charlatan on the far right side are grimy yellows turning into green to represent something that is not conventionally alive, but lives in the back of one’s minds.

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