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The main color in this painting is green. It's the color of nature, of pure waters; in psychoanalysis, this color is a color of sexual force, and love and it reflects a man's need of development. In Chinese traditions, the forest corresponds with the East, with springtime, with green color, with love, with roaring thunder, awakening of the masculine cosmic energy Yang and start of his rebirth. The rain, pouring out of storm clouds symbolizes both Water (Yin) and Fire-lightning (Yang). The dancing figures of a man and a woman allegorically explain the main meaning of the painting. But the figures could also mean the growing feeling of love, or the return of forces, after a "dry" and feelingless period.
Thus, the Snail with a home on its back personifies defense, isolation and peace. The Home, in all ancient esoteric traditions, is Center of the World, its axis, thus, the symbol of deep harmony of the Mankind and the Universe.
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