Furtive Ascendant

Watch out

EDIT: Normally I let viewers come to their own conclusions, but I feel like this merits a description:

The dog has a fairly rare and luxurious iridescent pelt but is obviously unstable, what with the two eyes trailing backwards. The top two arms (which pretty much belong to the dog) are gingerly trying to touch its head, as if responding to a panging migraine. Its normal eyes are closed in pain, but two other eyes emanate from its head and can't be concealed.

The next 5-7 arms "belong" to the dog a little less. They recognize the dog's celebrity, and while they are indeed trying to console the dog they are also fondling its fur. These hands are sycophantic in their relationship to the dog and are very close to violating it.

The last 2-4 arms are the most remote and are as such the least emotional, but down where they are they can more keenly recognize the dog's corporeal instability. The last two especially are doing their best to keep the fur together, but clumps of it still slide downwards.


Several ways to extend the metaphor:

(dog; top/middle/bottom arms)
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(nature; ecosystem/oil drillers, loggers/EPA)
(famous person; family and friends/paparazzi/managers)
(the individual; self/responsibilities/friends and support system)

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This came about by listening to "Turnin' on the Screw" by Queens of the Stone Age on repeat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHO40H…

Link to "unmixed" version of this picture: serfiaso.deviantart.com/art/Fu…