A Lesson in Life

Salavador Dali was a very talented artist from Spain. He was born in 1904 and died of heart failure in 1989. A lot of his work was influenced by his dreams and he depicted them on canvas. Dali's work was also influenced by surrealism, a style of artwork that expressed images through unconventional techniques and distortions. Although the work seems to be a little out of the ordinary, I still find it very interesting and extra ordinary. His painting, Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man (1943), stuck in my mind every since the moment I laid my eyes on it.
Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man, is the perfect example of the struggle of successfully coming out into the world. A dark umbrella type canvas shades over a large egg shaped world. It has what appears to be a young male fighting and struggling trying to get out. …