This is visually lovely, but I gotta admit I can't figure a Madonna in makeup and low-cut bodice, unless you're going for one of those Antichrist-type Whore Madonnas. But that seems unlikely, since you're highly skilled and I'd expect you to make something like that less ambiguous.



So I guess I'm missing something here, whether this is, in effect, intended as the Madonna portrayed as a modern girl for some reason, or a modern girl portrayed as the Madonna for some reason.



And if we're supposed to see some particular meaning in her casting a shadow on the halo (something normally MADE of light), or the book dissolving in her hands, I'm still getting mixed signals rather than a pattern.



I don't happen to be Catholic, or even Christian; I'm an atheist (="without god/s", as opposed to an ANTI-theist, "against god/s"). But people using live religions' imagery inappropriately without good reason seems kinda rude to me.



So what am I missing here?



--Nonie