I think the best way to explain the meaning behind this design would be through the tale of The Fox and the Grapes:
A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox’s mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them.
The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Again and again he tried, but in vain.
Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust.
“What a fool I am,” he said. “Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for.”
And off he walked very, very scornfully.
So basically the Fox couldn’t handle all the things they might have felt (disappointment, sadness, frustration, etc…) so they disconnected themselves from their emotions and intellectualized the situation. Mind-heart disconnect. Cognitive Dissonance.
This poster is available for purchase here. There are many different sizes and frames to choose from.
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