Is it a tornado or what ?

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Firstly, take a few minutes to derive meaning out of this picture on your own.

by - Michimasa Watahiki, Sept 2019

What do you see??

We would love to read your explanation in the comments below.

Because we can learn from you too.

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READ OUR THOUGHTS ON THIS PIECE OF ART:

This sketch reveals a truth via a quite pessimistic example; The sketch is about friendship. Starting with breaking down the picture, we can see a great worm here.

And a small insect as well.

This picture has a story to tell. Once upon a time, there was a worm that met a poor insect and they became good friends. But as time passed, the insect started to bore a hole into the worm. The friendship couldn't last long as the worm died. In the picture, the hole is clearly visible.

To represent time, the picture illustrates an hourglass. The yellow arrow represents the direction of the flow of time, as the sand in the hourglass falls downwards. The upper part of the image tells about the past when both the creatures were friends, and the lower part represents the tragic end.

This tells us that as time passes, things reveal their true identity. Therefore, friends' true identity is revealed as time passes while living a part of your life with them. The time passed may even be long enough to trick you into thinking that time has done its work already. The revelations may be overwhelming or depressing. The picture doesn't suggest that all stories end up being a mess; it's just an example that shouldn't be overfocused leaving the major idea unfocused.

The major idea of the picture is to convey that revealing everything is the nature of time. The nature of time is eternal. The worm in the picture can also be seen as a spring, which is ever-oscillating. 

The term ever-oscillation means that the cycle of revelation will continue forever.

In the end, the main purpose of the sketch has always been to encourage the viewer to use their creativity to represent any idea in the form of art or other mediums. Life is the best medium to express your creativity.

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