![]() Perhaps anxiety about time itself and how it leaves a path of deterioration in its wake!? And of course, the word “memory” in the title harkens to the past. This particular bout of self-reflection began with the image of the weirdly shaped head, which is often interpreted as a self-portrait. ![]() And it worked well for Dali too, an egomaniac obsessed with his own phobias, fetishes and dreams. Of course, this method was pretty useful for Freudians who were interested in figuring out the mysterious layers of the unconscious. In fact, Dali would induce his own crazy by beginning with a single object then responding to it through a sort of irrational, subconscious word association game. ![]() He worked in a method he created, called the “paranoiac-critical method,” and yes, there’s definitely a bit of crazy in there. To figure out this painting it’s important to know Dali’s process as well. But this still doesn’t explain what it means! Those Surrealists always liked to play tricks with your mind, and this technique of painting called trompe l’oeil is one classic way to confound the viewer. But infamous timepieces aside…what the hell does this weird-ass painting mean? It’s the kind of dream-inspired landscape that makes you question how much of it is a dream and how much is reality. The idea for this painting drooped its way into the artist’s mind while he was looking at a plate of soft Camembert cheese melting in the sun, hence the iconic melting clocks which Dali soon became known for. ![]() The landscape of The Persistence of Memory is oddly flaccid in comparison to Salvador Dali’s own rather vertically inclined moustache! ![]()
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