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It is about rape, so yeah. The telling of trauma is intentional.

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Oh ok, I see it now. It seemed abstract at first glance.

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Totally. It is a bit abstract, or perhaps Dada or Surrealism inspired. It could be said that trauma is baked into those movements.

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Sometimes to properly show the horrors of the real you have to leave the real behind

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It’s considered surrealist by which ever groups of Art History PhDs who decide these things

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I read it as about menstruation

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Interesting. The sexual assault reading comes from the artist.

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My first look was similar. But after reading the comments and looking again, it became more obvious to be about rape.

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Oh interesting. I definitely see that now. I thought it was “passion according to gh”

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