The Head of Enlightenment
Chad Cortez Everett
The Head of Enlightenment
Painting
This painting, The Head of Enlightenment, has influences by the Biblical tale of Jonah being swallowed by the whale in his disobedience to God. Although the painting references the story, it is truly a tale about society’s pressure to conform and the mechanized system of society. The small figure is resisting being swallowed by large “machine-like” head. The head is caught in its own web. The web resembles a wrathful ocean’s eye, which is swallowing the head itself.