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meetmyfriendme t1_j1t1nod wrote

It is really beautiful work. If you don’t mind sharing, what does it mean to in relation to self integrity?

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thefifthorseman t1_j1ticn5 wrote

Again, no art critic and literal zero experience with what means what in art. But my first thoughs seeing it through my eyes are: snake head is covering male genetals and in an artsy way replacing it with female genitals (the finger insertion seems like a big deal to the peice). The body is super realistic, but the nappies are higher and more centred then normal, maybe again leaning towards a females body over a males, but that's the best I can think of. It just doesn't seem like an accident. The second snake entering the mouth has me at a loss, other than a possible oral sex act implication. I do know snakes are commonly known to represent sin. So I'm thinking with all that the "self integrity" is shown in the form of a male wanting to be and act female and needs to have a lot of self integrity to address it with how it is seen by a lot of people, as none else can.

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halborn t1_j1tq1pu wrote

The nipples suggest to me the body is intended to be seen as leaning away - like the head is lower than the feet.

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iheartgold t1_j1w1uod wrote

Snake definitely has an O'Keeffe thing happening that isn't anatomically correct

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iheartgold t1_j1w2148 wrote

Or maybe it is i dont know. Ouroboros of sex?

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GavrielBA t1_j1ykifh wrote

At first I thought it has homosexual connotation but after reading your post I think it also has transsexual connotations! Thanks!

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NorthboundLynx t1_j1tcd2b wrote

Also just a guess--different sexual acts are morally ambiguous depending on who you ask, so maybe it means being true to one's own sexual desires, regardless of gender or social/religious stigma.

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teh_gwungie t1_j1t8746 wrote

I'm not a critic but I'm thinking that penetration is happening in the mouth and the genitals are hidden by the serpent. Off the cuff, I'd say it's something to do with missing sexual fidelity.

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ughlacrossereally t1_j1tapaq wrote

also fingering a very vaginal snake mouth

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Cowsie t1_j1tjgnk wrote

Pretty sure that's the Jacobsons organ, and in reptiles in general it just looks like that actually.

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Sneikss t1_j1u0tbq wrote

That is also intetesting because snakes use it to "taste" the world around them, so the finger covering it could represent a numbness or, alternatevely, some form of pleasure.

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ughlacrossereally t1_j1v0v3r wrote

I agree with you that it is an accurate reproduction but the way the fingers are situated still seems to be intended to me

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newfoundpassion t1_j1uk689 wrote

I find it interesting that the figure is male, but he's touching the snake as if it were a vulva. I feel like that's part of the message.

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Crafty_Editor_4155 t1_j1voelc wrote

looks more like “self-pleasure”

also one critique is scales on snake aren’t consistent. you have scales and belly shaded at the tail but it becomes smooooth at the figure’s waist. this is where the snake really starts to look like…well…something else.

edit: i just noticed there are two snakes? the second snake (with the scales) has its head apparently in the figures mouth.

think you need to change the title to this.

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CefiroBlake OP t1_j1xt7uu wrote

refers to sexuality, which is part of our integral rights

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