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'Personally Speaking' is an allegory of the artist. The items in the painting represent various aspects of my life or people close to me. The nude is the allegory of painting with her attribute the painter's pallet. The goat with fish tail is the star sign Capricorn, and could be devilish. The lion is Leo. The monkey represents the artist, as he imitates. The figures at the rear: friendship and dance. Cello: music. Book: learning. CD: computing. Scissors: craft. Ruler: architecture. The cornucopia spilling fruit: the abundance of life in the west. The mask just appeared! The dragonfly: the artist's inspiration. The wall: the barrier beyond which we long to go. 'Painting' carries a joker to show that it is all just a bit of fun!

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