Ataru cover art: Where Do We Stand?

Another cover art for my graphic novel Ataru, and a small explanation of what inspired me to paint it:

In the poster, I depict the representative of the divine female energy (the young boy in blue, Ataru), who is in great pain because his dreams have no chance of ever coming true, because the greedy and evil system holds all the real power and is therefore able to dictate the actions of the majority of the population, aka the army to the divine masculine also contributes.
The divine masculine energy (the samurai named Shinji), who has always been and will continue to do so, still fights with great obedience and blind faith for his Master's cause. A cause that is disguised by fancy titles such as honor and being a battle hero, but which in reality holds a much less admirable objective.
In conclusion, the masculine is manipulated to take part in war. In a battle, where he has to risk paying the price of his own life in order to serve his Master, who unfortunately holds the power of money, and is therefore able to reward Shinji greatly for risking his life for the Master.
To serve his Master for honor and money, plus Shinji's own egoistic needs for appreciation and acceptance are what keep Shinji stuck in the grips of evil. Clearly the Master is only using the masculine in order to gain more power and wealth for himself. It takes Shinji a great deal to understand who the real enemy of the common man is, aka the Master. In other words, the Master represents a country, a job, an addiction, basically anything we enslave ourselves with.

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