THE NEW YORKER'S EUSTACE TILLEY CONTEST, 2008 / Discuss

It's Meng!    says:

I'll say! I feel a little like I'm in the middle of a fight. At any rate, I've never had any of my work deconstructed before. I like these comments from Dan Savage's blog:

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I thought there was a lot of cool potential symbolism in the artwork too - the already-bound man looking askance at a straight symbol of eternal bondage; the look on his face suggests he knows that he's regarding a representation of some of both the best and worst elements of human nature, and wondering if he really wants to be a part of it; I imagine him thinking to himself, 'Ultimately, we're both just symbols of something. The truth, perhaps, lies somewhere else.'

Wedding ring? I thought it was a really embarrassing cock ring.

googen    says:

It's very interesting, what people project onto a piece of art
(racist stereotype sock monkeys, for example). The creator of the image intentions are pretty much considered superfluous.

One thing, at least you have a signature on your piece.
(note to self for future...)
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Greg Nog says:

I love that picture! Although I also thought it was a wee cock ring at first. I'm not sure what that says about me.
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