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Description
The actual subject of this painting is deliberately nebulous, so that the viewer must make his own interpretation of the piece. In the obvious traditional sense, it can be viewed as the Holy Spirit helping us to resist temptation, no matter how beautiful and seductive it might be. Some others might view it as a resistance of either organized religion, or religious thought altogether. Some might be visually drawn to the complexity of the snake, and some to the simplicity of the dove. I associate it with my desire to resist my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but my tendency to resist healing and lose myself in the complications and knots of my comforting disorder.

Description
The actual subject of this painting is deliberately nebulous, so that the viewer must make his own interpretation of the piece. In the obvious traditional sense, it can be viewed as the Holy Spirit helping us to resist temptation, no matter how beautiful and seductive it might be. Some others might view it as a resistance of either organized religion, or religious thought altogether. Some might be visually drawn to the complexity of the snake, and some to the simplicity of the dove. I associate it with my desire to resist my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but my tendency to resist healing and lose myself in the complications and knots of my comforting disorder.