A PROPOSITION

​:DENTATA:

​When Icarus flew to close to the sun, his wax and feather wings melted, sending him plummeting to his untimely demise - so, in essence, the candle made of wax and feathers, becomes a symbol of folly, futility and the passing of time, the inevitable march towards oblivion.

​The apple can be perceived as the choice presented for man of vice or virtue and ultimately the freedom that the choice brings… However mankind can never be truly free, as they are tethered to their base instincts. In this case, for sustenance - we must eat to stay alive, when we don’t eat, we starve and we die. So therefore the apple too, can be perceived as a symbol of futility, as even if we consume we die (there is no cheating death). 

This picture in it’s whole (of the candle and the apple) is a paradigm - you are damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t… 

So forwards, to damnation we go!