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<p>[QUOTE="Robert Walker, post: 1788253, member: 14345"]Thank you all, for replying. First when I first saw this drawing, I thought "how on earth did I get this"? Didn't like it, at first glance. But now I'm learning to appreciate it. </p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, in a way it's 'macabre', but grabs the attention is the triangular happy face. Also I see certain things, that make me wonder; what does it mean? (If anything at all.) Like the hand. In normal religious depictions the hand is raised to the sky/heaven and the hand is held in a certain manner to convey a message. In this case the hand, and the finger is pointing at the ground. But, is does a normal way for a hand to fall, i.e. just gravity? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]240027[/ATTACH]</p><p>It seems somewhat like the 'hand-sign', or 'orators gesture' for 'amazement or 'wonder'. (see pic.) What also puzzles me is the right corner at the bottom. Is this meant tot look like a parchment, is it a hole that goes into the ground below? Below, to where the hand is pointing at. Or, maybe not. (I would like to mention here that, even though I am partially Dutch, I wasn't 'fired up' while pondering- haha.) All, the best.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Walker, post: 1788253, member: 14345"]Thank you all, for replying. First when I first saw this drawing, I thought "how on earth did I get this"? Didn't like it, at first glance. But now I'm learning to appreciate it. For instance, in a way it's 'macabre', but grabs the attention is the triangular happy face. Also I see certain things, that make me wonder; what does it mean? (If anything at all.) Like the hand. In normal religious depictions the hand is raised to the sky/heaven and the hand is held in a certain manner to convey a message. In this case the hand, and the finger is pointing at the ground. But, is does a normal way for a hand to fall, i.e. just gravity? [ATTACH=full]240027[/ATTACH] It seems somewhat like the 'hand-sign', or 'orators gesture' for 'amazement or 'wonder'. (see pic.) What also puzzles me is the right corner at the bottom. Is this meant tot look like a parchment, is it a hole that goes into the ground below? Below, to where the hand is pointing at. Or, maybe not. (I would like to mention here that, even though I am partially Dutch, I wasn't 'fired up' while pondering- haha.) All, the best.[/QUOTE]
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