This fine image escaped my full attention on the rating go-around. Gave it a seven, but it deserves more. And didn't comment, but now I can. It left me confused, and I still am, but I now better appreciate the confusion as the stuff of dreams. Esthetically, I love the colors. The pixilated browns are a sumptuous backdrop for a nightmare, but who knows that it doesn't heighten the horror? That may be an eye by the gate, but it also seems an Aladdin's lamp. The dog doesn't seem very threatening, but there are people who are afraid of bugs, no less microbes. I thought it was a cat. My wife walked by as I was looking at the image, asked for the title, and then appraised it. I mentioned, having read your note, that it's a dog on the path. "I thought it was a chicken!" she exclaimed. Go figure. All part of the mysterious and provocative landscape of this mind. |