The Moon, a feminine symbol generally representing the cycles of the universe, is here adorned with a mustache, a masculine sign par excellence. Other waxing moons appear in the dark, starry sky. This composition, whose title is taken from a poem by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), portrays gender ambivalence and its symbolic and psychological complexities. A kind of latent tension emanates from the image and its initial surreal appearance.
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