Dusty Miller

That's a reasonable approach, Bob, and probably more reasonable than mine. To me, meanings are best expressed in language and even then they're poorly communicated Words have different meanings to different people, for one thing. When they're expressed in images they're even less obvious. Here's a photo of mine that for me has several meanings. The group in the foreground has a meaning for me, but I can't really expect other people to get the message.

I'm surprised I didn't comment on it at the time. Preservation, of treasures, of lives. Indigenous lives, or any life that ended in suicide? Both, I imagine. But concentration on the latter is to miss the point of the former, and perhaps to dismiss it.

When I started thinking about what I thought was the meaning of the people in front I wasn't too sure. Anyway, they could be either indigenous or non-indigenous. Maybe the idea is you have to be quick to pass.

There is also a Queen song,The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke about a painting. ;)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=15A0F5aOoPM