Or the picture could be full of meaning. The saint is a gay icon like Derek Jarman's Sebastiane , the demon he is slaying is intolerance. The pigs represent the establishment , the rocky road and narrow bridge behind him is the difficult route to the renaissance cathedral, which is a temple of Humanism and tolerance. The trees bare fruits of self respect & confidence to help him on his journey. I still dont know what the moon represents , it was an afterthought . The devils outstretched arm rejects the tolerance offered by the temple of humanism.
But im not gay so its a bit presumptious to be fighting their battle and this paticular devil of intolerance was slain some time ago . Thats the thing about art , its a licince to lie , its all an illusion anyway, ink on paper. A dog wont recognise a picture of a dog he'll just sniff the paint
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