Artistic Endeavors

[Rake]

[quote='Rake' pid='161110' dateline='1408112922']It is indeed. I was hoping someone would give their interpretation. I used to spend ages putting symbolism into my work but now I'm just trying to let my work flow more naturally from within.

Thanks, looks like I weren't far off then. There's much going on in your image. The cracking Egg symbolising cosmic birth/re-birth held by the serpent (Wisdom/ Knowledge?). The crocodile seems to symbolise the adept entity as they consciously grapple with the serpent and what it has to offer (Knowledge/Wisdom/Awareness). The statue and solid manner in which it wrestles the snake means it's handling the power well (Shown by the kundalini rising) without being overwhelmed. It's sort of a twist on the Caduceus.

The Snake has the tail end of it's body into Space/The Universe, meaning there's secrets it can still offer that the adept is attempting to realise for itself. It's also telling in that the Snake (In Archetypal form) is a quality of the Universe, to be 'attained', rather than an individual entity in itself.

That's my interpretation anyway.

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But how you interpret the image is all that matters for me as the artist. I never gave any thought to the symbolism behind what I was drawing, I found a cool illustration of a crocodile wrestling itself and thought drawing a big crocodile would be fun. The snake and the egg and the universe in the triangle all came through sketching out draft versions first. The only conscious bit of symbolism I put into the piece was that I used the infinity symbol to map out the crocodile and snakes positioning on the page.

Having read what you have said I can only say that I fully agree with your interpretation of the symbolism and how they interact with each other. Perhaps it will give me some insight into myself at this time so thank you