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Here is a new collage that I did.

Click to full-view, please. :)

Instead of leaving everything about it entirely cryptic and up to you to interpret, I'm going to give a brief explanation on it.

The concept behind this was to do a picture based on sex and death, and Freudian psychology that I actually believe in. It soon developed into a description of what every woman goes through in life, especially those things that are based around fear.

One of these fears is being objectified by men, seen as nothing but a woman or a sex object. That is why there are no women's eyes in this picture, except for the woman that is in bondage and is the focus of the entire piece.

Images in the background of the picture (as well as the articles) are about death, depression, and fear.

Images in the foreground are the women in different situations.

The dead little girl with the yellow bow represents lost innocence. The breasts and the swimsuit model represent what women are led to believe (by the media) about what men really want from them. The floating head in the very center is half man, half woman, representing how everyone has an "anima" and an "animus," a male and female side--however, as you can see, the woman's eyes are scratched out here. The legs with the handcuffs as well as the only woman with her eyes still showing represent bondage, rape, objectification, and abuse. The teeth have multiple meanings, but overall show how painful it is to be a woman at times.

Again, this image just depicts the fears that women may run into in their lifetime. This is not a "ALL MEN ARE EVIL CREATURES RAWRRR" sort of feminist message. This is simply showing some of the feelings that I have experienced already in my life.

Here's another photo I took; some of the things may be easier to see in it.

I think it's less blurry in places.