If you know who’s the spirit behind this work, please let me know. Incredible piece (feel free to disagree), reminds me of Trump XIV Temperance a lot, of which Sallie Nichols writes:
“Now it is time for this libido to be poured into a new container. But the change cannot be consciously willed or directed. “Psychic energy,” says Jung, “is a very fastidious thing which insists on fulfilment of its own conditions. However much energy may be present, we cannot make it serviceable until we have succeeded in finding the right gradient.” Life’s creative energies cannot be directed by sheer will power into whatever channels the conscious ego might select, however reasonable, logical, and appropriate these channels might seem to the thinking mind. “Life can flow forward,” as Jung says, “only along the path of the gradient.” To balance the flow of opposites so that energy finds its proper gradient requires the patience and skill of an angel. Since this kind of transformation is beyond our conscious control, it is appropriate that the hero step out of the picture, trusting his Angel to perform this part of the Great Work alone.” (Jung and Tarot, p.252)
Hell yes.
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20-06-08: The artist is Mr. Tsang Cheung Shing from China, this work is entitled The Coffee Kiss.