Can you interpret this image? Does it symbolize or say anything to you?

[iluvchewbucca]

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What does it mean to you?

What happened?

[WeaponZero]

Notice the small blade in her left hand. She cut herself free of him, leaving her heart behind. I would take it as a sign that this was a mutually destructive relationship between two people who shouldn't have gotten into one to begin with. And when it ended (which the actual breakup was initiated by her, as evidenced by her holding the blade) they both left something behind, and will never be whole again.

I think it's a metaphor for what happens when two young people who aren't yet prepared for the reality of what happens when a relationship gets serious try to follow through with one. They both walk away worse for it, possibly in ways that will make future prospective partners want to write them off.

[indian_empress_91]

I agree

[Nochielo]

She left him and took a part of him with her. He feels she has no heart.

[iluvchewbucca]

She has not heart? like she's a bitch for leaving him? no feelings?

[Nochielo]

Not like that, he doesn't seem like he bears ill will, but (in my opinion, of course) but maybe he feels she cut him loose coldly, unfeelingly. Like she didn't care too much for him. That's what I get anyway.

[ArabianPwincess197]

i agree with the first point

[iluvchewbucca]

oooooooo... I read your answer again.. It makes more sense now... that's definitely possible!

[HandsomeRaj]

Please check the pic again, she has a hole where the heart is while almost everything in him is gone but the heart remains in him exactly at the same point where her heart shows a gap/hole. He was so full of her that when she walked away almost everything in him went with her but she left her heart with him i.e. she loves him but had to leave - matter of perception ;)

[Nochielo]

Hey, Raj: Everyone's heart is in the same place, ergo the hole is in the same place, man. Not to mention the heart is still hanging from strands of the male's tissue.

I see you argue that you don't think she's heartless. Maybe you don't, but that man right there feels like she is. First and foremost this is a representation of what that fellow feels, and he feels she is heartless. You can interpret it however you want, but I (respectfully) think your explanation is a little shaky.

[Nochielo]

Out of so many answers, mine gets considered worthy... you spoil me. Thank you so much!

[iluvchewbucca]

Haha! Well, I did give it much thought, and yours seems simple and direct, without all the extra stories behind it... It can fit many scenarios, however, no one person can really have "NO" heart and still be alive... so saying to "him" it "feels" like she had not heart, seems to be the most correct. Depending on how you look at it.. but I get it now. :]! Thank you!

[iluvchewbucca]

no* heart. I always put "not" when I mean 'no'...xD typos

[Nochielo]

No, thank YOU for posting something different and interesting to think about, there is learning in everything and I feel I have learned from this. I'm just glad my point of view can be a part of it all.

[lumos]

One thing I find a bit odd about this picture is the fact that it seems like she actually had to cut herself out of his body to be able to leave. What if it was an abusive relationship and it felt like she was trapped by him? For her to be able to cut herself out of the relationship, she had to get rid of her feelings for him (her heart). And now that she's leaving, he realizes what he has missed out on and regrets treating her badly, or doing whatever he did to make her leave.

Alternatively, as some have pointed out, it could be that he felt like she was a part of him, and she's heartless for leaving him.

[lumos]

Otherwise, very good question! I have an exam coming up, and I think one of the questions will be about analyzing an image. So this was good training for me. Also a pretty difficult picture to work with, with several different interpretations. Got me thinking. :)

[iluvchewbucca]

Thanks! :]

Yes, indeed it fits many different scenarios and interpretations... It's very interesting to see how differently everyone perceives things and what they get from an image... I actually saw this image and thought for a long time... what I could possibly mean... which lead me to ask the question... thanks for input and Good luck with your exam! :]!

[HandsomeRaj]

The only thing I don't agree to here is 'her being heartless' :)

[lumos]

Thanks! And HandsomeRaj, to me it looks like it, since she doesn't have an actual heart, only a carved out place for it (which is empty).

[HandsomeRaj]

left behind in the man (look again :) )

[lumos]

What if it's his own heart? We all have our own interpretations.

[iloveyoursmile]

he loved her so much that felt like she was part of him

then she left which was a heartless thing to do

and now she's heartless

the ropes or whatever that blue thing is ,can either mean that karma is coming back for her (since it's around her arm and between her legs) ,or that their memories would still haunt her but she doesn't care (since it's around her arm and between her legs and she doesn't seem affected by these ropes)

[iluvchewbucca]

I think you're the only one so far that has actually taken notice of the floating blue laces... Interesting theory... thank you :]! could be possible.

[HandsomeRaj]

Awesome! hadn't really noticed the 'blade' in her hand but again it symbolizes a tough decision for her to cut herself out of him to walk away. I'd say they both loved each other a lot but someone had to take a decision that is tough for some reason. I don't agree with the 'heartless' part in her, we perceive so cause we c the man's expression while we c her walking away

[iluvchewbucca]

I see your point HandsomeRaj... I'm inclined to see it that way as well... and perhaps now after this experience, since he has her heart, maybe her relationships after this will be heartless... and too bad for the new comers in her life.. she's been hurt and now she's probably a bitch... by the way she's walking away with the blade... like she's had enough and over and done with... but we cannot see her expression... shows courage but she could be so sad...

[HandsomeRaj]

Believe me it's a matter of perception. Facts & truth have no value, it always depends on perception. What we perceive is usually what we are like (generally). I LOVED the anon guy there who's stated it biologically lol (I'd give him a BA just for the jest of it lol)

A person who leaves their heart behind is not necessarily a bitch, it means he/she can't love anyone the same way again :) I know cause I feel the same.

The woman who made me love her so crazily, left me (& I think she was ...

[HandsomeRaj]

, justified, she wanted something more than a guy who could worship her very breath & beat) & I love her so much that I just can't seem to parallel it with anyone else.

My daughter's taken away from me (not by the court) but I haven't tried to get her back legally owing to the ruckus created the moment I try that stung makes the child's life miserable. Rather she stay in peace knowing that I'm available at her beck and call. Today I can't love or pamper another child cause guilt kills me ..

[HandsomeRaj]

... cause I'm unable to pamper my daughter.

These 2 things make me seem like a heartless chap in addition to which I'm poker faced with a baritone voice + professionally hardened attitude (lol) but while being called insensitive and heartless, I know what I go through every breath and beat ;) :D

[gostar]

It kinda reminds me of the poem 'I carry your heart, I carry it in my heart' or somthing like that. At first, I though it was of a women a broke up with that guy cos he looked sad. But then the lines directing towards her, as well as her heart in his heart made me realize that perhaps even though the gu knows that he has no hope for her, he's willing to follow her lead just to be around her.

[gostar]

oh, it also looks like it's a trangender or transexual person. I'm not very known of those terms, but the space in the guy is kinda the shape of the women. So basically her walking away with confidence shows that he left his 'men side' and made himself look like a women because that's how he feels he is

[iluvchewbucca]

wow, that transgender interpretation hadn't even crossed my mind at all.. good observation! It could be a possibility... as for the poem, I'm not familiar with it.

[gostar]

you should read it :) type I carry your heart, I carry it in my hear. I think it's by T.S.Elliot but I'm not sure.

[iluvchewbucca]

ok I'll search it :]!

[sovetskii13]

Kinda creepy. It's like one person split into two. And they each took different body parts. The guy (I assume) took the heart because the woman has a heart cut out. The woman took most of the internal part of the body while guy has the outskirts.

This image could mean a variety of things. The one in my mind at the moment is: A couple was deeply in love. It felt like they were together in one body because they were so close. It's like nothing could split them apart. However, something huge happened between the two which caused them to break up. Since they used to feel like they were connected into one body, they ended up splitting and each taking different parts of the body.

[pavlove]

I admit that I immediately thought she was a bitch but now I think its about male oppression because the ribbons seem to be trying to hold her back. He consumed her and now she's becoming her own figure. Perhaps it was the authors intention for you to initially hate her but love her once you look for reasons why she's left. It demystifies feminism as escaping imprisonment rather than coldhearted women who want to crush men for sport

[iluvchewbucca]

Ohhh wow! I love your interpretation and attention to detail! Though it can definitely have many different interpretations, this can almost seem perfectly fitting for the image...

[indian_empress_91]

Best Answer

[Lafemmedeschats]

That's a very deep answer

[HandsomeRaj]

If I'm not looking at and wondering where the entrails are (lol kidding), I'd see this as symbolic of 'when she walked away, almost everything in me went with her - I stand empty and lost. But she's left her heart in him i.e. she still loves him but must have been very tough decision for her, probably the toughest'

[ArabianPwincess197]

could be

[iluvchewbucca]

that could've happened...

[HandsomeRaj]

it IS! ;) :D

[Anonymous]

It means the lower abdomen and thorax of a man can turn into a woman and walk out of his back but the heart will stay behind because heart is made of strong muscle and has lots of mitochondria that provide lots of energy and men are made of muscle and have lots of energy and that's where the heart likes to be.

[iluvchewbucca]

O_o

[Anonymous]

Dont like that picture... because women can fuck up guys emotionally by being a cold bitch and that is exactly what she is doing.

In a way it shows how she left him, and took a big piece of him with her... and she does not have a heart... for doing it.

You are pretty... I wish you were my girlfriend. You first entice to lure and encourage that statement then once you get it... you walk away and never look back.

That is basically what that picture is.

[iluvchewbucca]

sounds tragic.. your theory is possible... but maybe he caused her to become a cold hearted bitch? no? we can't see her face... maybe she's sad, and had to confront the situation with courage to be able to cut herself out from where she clearly belongs... but I suppose we all interpret it differently depending on our own experiences in life. but in any end.. it's still the same melancholic sentiment...

[OnItLikeSonic]

Looks like she has a blade in her hand, like she cut herself out.

I'd interpret it as once you have a bond with someone, even to extremes of physically harming each other and distances between two people, you're always going to have a little piece of them left behind. Doesn't matter how much someone hurts you, or how far away they go, if you loved them a little part of you will always care for them.

[Stacyzee]

The man seems very open and vulnerable.

The woman on the other seems very concealed , and has no heart.

She tried to take his...but he wouldn't allow that to happen.

[iluvchewbucca]

oooohhh possibly! your theory is different from most who answered so far.

[HandsomeRaj]

I actually wonder why is everyone calling the woman heartless? just cause she took a decision? and concealed cause her facial expression is not depicted against his being depicted? We can also see that she's left her heart behind in him since her heart area is hollow. Though she walked away she's left her heart in him.

[Stacyzee]

@ QA: That's the beauty of interpretation. The picture holds a thousand words.

@ HandsomeRaj: The fact that the man has a sad expression and you can see right through him means a lot. The fact that the woman's back is turned, shows that she is leaving him.

You can see HIS heart but you cannot see HERS. This means a lot.

[CasaNorba]

it seems like it goes back to the adam and eve era. that women were made from us. but from the looks of it this image explains that as a result of women being created out of us the only thing they are missing is a heart. which is very true

[iluvchewbucca]

haha nice theory! ouch!

[Dionysos]

Brutal. She was part of him. They shared everything, and then even though she had to cut out her own heart to do it, she left.

[iluvchewbucca]

yeahh possibly... and we can't see her face... he looks so sad... yet she's the one without a heart and had to cut herself out and leave without it... I wonder who's saddest... hmm

[dimples123]

It can also mean that he stole her heart and now she decided to leave him, leaving her heart with him which caused her to be heartless

[Nochielo]

Two things: where is his heart then and why is he the one that looks hurt?

[dimples123]

his heart is exposed, he probs regrets what he did or it can be that she did him bad

[iluvchewbucca]

@Nochielo: how can you say he's the on that looks hurt when you can't see her face? She has a hole where her heart should be... and she had to cut herself out... I wonder who's saddest... when we can't se her face and considering it takes a lot of courage to cut oneself... especially from a place where it appears as though you're the piece that completes the puzzle... hmmm...

@dimples123: that could be very possible...

[Nochielo]

Her posture. If the artist intended to display her as being sad, why did he make her stand so straight? It still doesn't explain where her heart would be, which brings me to my initial point: he feels like she never felt anything for him due to the way she left him. Her heart is not there and there is no other place it would be.

In any case, that's the great thing about art: it means something different to everyone. Just wanted to point out some things.

[dimples123]

YES I feel like it proves two points of views, but one situation

[Nochielo]

That's a great way of putting it.

[iluvchewbucca]

You might have a point, however, I put myself in the position and if I had the courage to cut myself away from someone that hurt me, once I did it, I wouldn't be walking away so weakly... on the contrary, I'd be walking just the way she is, confident and strong! even if I was torn all up inside, it's a sign of triumph to move on... Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to detach myself from what was hold ing me back to begin with... that's how I see it... but like you said, this has MANY interpretations

[Nochielo]

Ahh, but here you bring up the woman's motivations, which I don't think can be accurately assessed in the picture. This is a picture about how HE feels, that's why he's in the forefront. What we can explicitly see in the pic is that HE feels hurt. Let us remember that this is a representation of his thoughts, not any physical interaction. In visual arts, whatever you don't see can't be used for interpretation, especially over what you can see and I believe this is how many have analyzed this.

[iluvchewbucca]

Really? Nochielo? I was taught to see far beyond what the eye can see... :]! It's not just about what you can see at a glance but also to make you think!...



but in any case this has very many different interpretations and all right in their own sense... It's kind of like a song.. we each interpret it depending on our own life experiences and what we're going through, and that's how we relate to it.

[Nochielo]

Everyone's interpretation is valid, but you cannot interpret what isn't there. In other words, you can take anything into account anything you can see for your analysis, but you cannot take what is not there. You will not see what the artist intended, you will waste his message. I know enough theory to know for a fact that is the only way to analyze the visual arts. In the artist intends a meaning that is not shown anywhere in his work, he's making poor art, he's expressing nothing.

[iluvchewbucca]

Nochielo: I like your theory, more than most here... however I disagree with what you say here... what's not shown is for one to think about and analyze (in my opinion) to form my own idea, and the same for everyone else, irrelevant to what the original idea was, it's not put to waste because ... indefinitely we all see what we choose to see.

[Nochielo]

We can only define things as what they are and not as what they are not. I think our impasse is because we are using "what it means" and "what it means for me" as synonyms. The former only has one correct answer: what the author tries to show you. The latter is how the audience relates to it. Here is where we can color the interpretation with our own experiences and convictions.

I'd be terrified if my writings were misconstrued, the message is just as important as the catharsis.

[iluvchewbucca]

& I agree with that 100%! but after analyzing what the illustrator might be trying to portray through the drawing, the viewer becomes curious as to "why" or rather "what" led him to feel this way.. If you say she is drawn without a heart because perhaps she hurt him, & that's the reason why he feels as if she has no heart, there has to be more to this... that's when all the unseen things come into play.. but I get what you mean when you're ONLY describing what is precisely depicted in the image.

[Nochielo]

True, it is only natural to try to provide context to any situation. It's how we are wired, the mind tries to remove all gaps in its reasoning. I have limited my interpretation to what is unarguably there, mainly because that's the way I see art (the artist's vision comes first and then we see what we get from it) but also because I cannot relate at all. I have never experienced any situation like this one, so I guess you have an "emotional vantage point" so to speak.

[iluvchewbucca]

:]! I like how you think.

[Nochielo]

Thank you, I try my best. I enjoyed this.

[loda1994]

first she has got a nice ass

second she is his other half.

third she walked out on him yet she left his heart untouched. I think she has no heart thus she cut him open... it is so weird but I can't relate.

[Hans222]

"I have you in my heart". That's what the picture says!

[iluvchewbucca]

sweet... yet tragic, considering she's leaving...

[menina]

She was a part of him. When she left him she took his heart with her and now he feels empty.

[iluvchewbucca]

she took his heart? hmmmm...

[serp777]

It means that a woman took a part of this guys' soul with her while leaving his heart behind. Leaving his heart behind is a metaphor for dumping him, but yet he still loves her.

[pooper89]

He stole her heart and treated her like shit. Now she has left him and he's regretting it

[iluvchewbucca]

That's what I'm most inclined to perceive... but so many ways to look at it now...

[TheOneTurv]

he gave his heart and were perfect for eachother.

She left him and now he feels empty

[iluvchewbucca]

Oh, I never did that auto-cad thing.. but I will.. I hope you're still around when I do it. :o

:p!

and I don't think they were perfect for each-other if she felt the need to cut herself out? :[!

thank you for answering!

[TheOneTurv]

well if you look in her hand...theres a razor blade so I see where you come from.

and yeah I'm still around to do it, just email me

[bh6676r942]

It reminds be of a song called exit wounds by the script that's what It would symbolize

[iluvchewbucca]

I had never heard this song... I just YouTubed it... it does fit. :]

sad... thanks.

[ironeddie]

She's heartless, she used him (went right through him)

Or

She came

She went

But a piece of her is still in his heart.

[ArabianPwincess197]

last point I agree with

[iluvchewbucca]

That's plausible...but what if he made her heartless? thus leaving her heart with him and leaving because maybe he was the one damaging her? it takes a lot of guts to cut yourself out of somewhere you belong? no?

[versavice]

He stole her heart, but lost himself in the process.

[Yuki4994]

He fell in love with a heartless woman and when she left him he was just the hallow shell of the man he once was.

[coldxgal]

the man took the woman's heart..maybe he treated him bad so she moved away and now he is sad about this situation or I don't know man

[Anonymous]

He now has one hell of a heart problem to deal with...

[Opinion Owner]

Actually, they both do. His is just fedangling about, and she has a massive hole in her chest but is still able to walk away.

So that leaves only one conclusion: X-MEN!

[iluvchewbucca]

lol how x-men?

xD

[Opinion Owner]

Well because he has a massive hole in his body now, right? But he hasn't fallen to the ground and she looks to be a good 2-3 steps away by now, meaning he would've already fallen down. But he's just standing there all "what the fuck" and such. So he's waiting to heal up.

And she has a smaller hole where her heart got cut out (by herself), so she obviously knows what she's doing otherwise she wouldn't have done it. She's going to heal up just fine, as well.

Thus, X-men :)

[iluvchewbucca]

:]]]]]]]]]]]]]] nice analogy! I would have never thought of a close relation or comparison to x-men until you. It would have never crossed my mind... funny though. :p

[Opinion Owner]

Well I do what I can :)

[nowistheonlytime]

Like a Rorschach/inkblot test?

Okay,

She was the best part of him, and she's gone, leaving a hole in him,

[Lafemmedeschats]

She just wanted him for his body. No I'm not sure actually. I get its victimizing a man but how or why I don't see

[shumailkazimi]

she is without any feelings...she can make her sad for some time but soon he will recover since he still has his heart

[ColorfullyDone]

Without her, he's just a shell of a man. She's heartless and doesn't care

[Daph81]

Without you I feel so empty and hollow. You were a part of me, you still are.

[HandsomeRaj]

Why is no one seeing the woman's part of the story? Everyone seems to see the larger chunk gone out of him and his facial expression. No one notices the heart she left behind in him :)

[Dumbassgenius]

women are evil heartless monsters who are incapable of unconditional love and use men for their assets under the disguise of romance, scarring them and rendering them emotionally broken. Oh, and that woman has a nice ass that I would like to insert my penis into.

[iluvchewbucca]

and men use women for their body for their own sexual needs, and you prove this in your concluding sentence. You also pretend to love, and be romantic just to get one thing... sex! :]! The end.

[Lafemmedeschats]

I would think this answerer hates himself and tries to aggravate others to perpetuate his own self loathing and confirm the world s out to get him.

[Dumbassgenius]

I would think that you have an arts degree and work at Starbucks, having nothing better to do than extrapolate arbitrary information based upon a limited data set in the attempt of ego inflation and masquerading as an intellectual. BTW I didn't read your profile because it would surely be a waste of my time.

[ArabianPwincess197]

a man gives a woman his heart - she crushes it and walks all over it

or



a woman was created from the rib of a man - thus both are incomplete without each other

[HandsomeRaj]

Look at the whole pic young lady, not the facial expression of the guy :)

Ah philosophy :)

[axdigirlsdem]

A man who gave his soul,heart and everything to offer to this special girl. The tremendous love he felt for her,Left him feeling empty with sadness, a shattered heart just to find out, this girl didn't love him anymore...True story

[martyfellow]

To me, it means we are connected by our hearts, even when are walking away in different directions

[iluvchewbucca]

but she has no heart?...

[martyfellow]

Her heart has been taken by someone, that was my interpretation. I'm also amazed that Alex gets 6 up votes, but hey, mostly there are teenagers here on gag.

[chokenGAG]

the heartless bitch cut her self out of his soul ! leaving him empty !

[iluvchewbucca]

but she left with a hole in her heart? what hurts more? and it must have hurt to cut herself out from where she completed the puzzle no? Or she had no heart to begin with?

[chokenGAG]

to cut a persons soul out would need to be heartless to begin with. the heart is attached to the guy proving he has been left with his heart. Regardless when someone leaves you like that, you are left with heart ache. The heart isn't taken away.

keep in mind I did say bitch put I would think the same if roles reversed.

As an artist this seems like a brilliant way to explain that feeling. Thanxs for sharing.

[Jager66]

Men love women, women love resources.

[iluvchewbucca]

How does that translate into the image?

[Jager66]

really you don't see it? It's crazy how different peoples perceptions can be sometimes =)

She bedazzled him with her beauty/lies (the ribbons) which were her weapon (the razor) that she uses to take what she wants from him (his flesh) and his heart is left hanging in the hole she left behind, she has a heart shaped hole in her because she didn't want his heart only his resources (flesh) she confidently walks away with what she wanted while he is left dumbfounded by the treachery.

[iluvchewbucca]

Oooh! Wow, okay now I see it... that's a very good interpretation, very cold however... ouch!

It could fit.

[Anonymous]

She has a razor in her hand, and has no heart. So she hurt him on purpose. Now he is left empty, with his heart exposed, after the damage she did.

[iluvchewbucca]

That could be true... but it also takes a lot of courage to cut oneself... so to do that and leave with a hole in your heart must be brave and could have been a very hurtful decision that maybe possibly he made her do?... or why else would she leave with out her heart? or are you assuming she had no heart to begin with?

[Opinion Owner]

He has a heart, which is still attached to him. That leads me to believe that he has had a heart all along. Her heart is nowhere to be seen. That makes me think she didn't have a heart to begin with. If I had seen her heart lying on the floor somewhere, then I might think she cut out her own heart. As it is I believe she was already heartless.

[iluvchewbucca]

I see... so you choose to believe she's a horrible person...

Perhaps, their hearts became one? and hers is tied to his? It belongs to him now? and she left because maybe he didn't love her enough? and now that she's gone she took a part of him... but not his heart because he doesn't love her, but it doesn't stop him from being sad... I suppose we relate to it differently... but I definitely see your point of view.

[Opinion Owner]

There is nothing in the picture that would cause me to see that their hearts became one. Nor is there anything that suggests any wrong doing on his part, such as him holding her heart or something to that effect.Or that he mistreated or hurt her in any way. That could have happened, but it isn't represented in the picture. She is the one leaving, and the one holding the blade, while he is clearly the one in pain. If he had wronged her, there is no evidence in that picture.

[thetundrawolf]

Men and women need each other.

[iluvchewbucca]

perhaps... but why would she cut herself out if she needs him?

[thetundrawolf]

Because of hurt. The guy is oblivious of it, because women expect us just to understand what we did wrong. When we don't they grow bitter, and end up leaving. It's the guys fault for not realizing a woman is different than he is, and her fault for not telling him exactly what the problem is, and then allowing her heart to be open to forgive him.

[iluvchewbucca]

:]]] I see... That's possibly very true... and something to think about and take into consideration... not only for the image but in real life... and it fits the image too.. thanks.

[Anonymous]

Take a woman's heart and she will take you for everything you have.

[iluvchewbucca]

aaahhh, interesting! that could fit the image.

[QueenPolo]

She was apart of him now he feels empty without her

[654984998418]

she left him and there's an empty spot in his heart for her.

[iluvchewbucca]

an empty spot in "his"? heart? ...hmmm, but his heart is complete... ? How are you viewing things?

[654984998418]

true, but it was the first interpretation at a glance.

[iluvchewbucca]

I see... then it's a perfect answer! that's what I wanted :] first interpretation at a glance.

[sadie-lynn]

i don't have Facebook so I couldn't see it.

[iluvchewbucca]

wot! o.0

[Anonymous]

She ripped a hole through his heart.

[iluvchewbucca]

what? how ? his heart is complete...

[AlexAlexx]

Dat ass

[iluvchewbucca]

4 upvotes? for this comment? really... That's all you saw? uuuuuummmmm... OK o.0

[thebiggiant]

She left him but Left his heart with him .

[missu3690]

A woman completes a man.

[HandsomeRaj]

and vice versa 'wo-man' depends on perception ;) but your observation is amusingly cute :)

[Anonymous]

this will give me nightmares

[iluvchewbucca]

aww poor baby. :]