The art piece that I am choosing for this discussion is, truly, a one of a kind piece. Water Woman with Twins by Lynn Hershman features a simple yet startling rendition of a woman standing tall and erect facing the viewer with her palms facing forward as if offering something to the ground from her sleeves. Three things stand out here: Two mini "copies" of her self are being dropped from her hands, her face is extremely blurred/ scratched out in blood red whilst the rest of the picture is in a monotone bluish/black/green color, and her entire body, including the copies, are designed purely with water droplets...

The Biblical connection I see here is extremely strong, so much so in fact, I was almost taken aback... I had such a harsh vision of this woman being a rendition of Eve herself, offering her message to the viewer; very blunt, almost ashamed as if she was being punished. The harsh scratching/blurring of the face reminded me of sin... through the eating of the apple, being smeared all over her face as if to say "this is what I did", "I don't even deserve a face anymore, for my new identity is SIN." What completed this connection, for me, was the mini copies of herself falling out of her hands. It was almost as if copies of herself were consistently being produced... and then it hit me... these copies could very well be representative of the human race, specifically, all of the women that descended from Eve; all of the women carrying the mark of sin in their identities forever. The influence here is extremely blunt and I felt very pleased to see someone take this approach. As an avid Christian, I am, understandably, weary of renditions that are distasteful or disrespectful but this piece was none of that and literally took my breath away.