"Christ of Saint John of the Cross,"

Salvador Dali was a famous painter in the 1900's. He paints an assortment of types of pictures. The painting is held in Kelvingrove, Scotland. Dali was born in 1904 and died in 1989. He was widely. recognized for his wild imagination and creativity. In this painting "Christ of Saint John of the Cross" which he made in 1951, shows Jesus nailed to the Cross in the sky. The painting is stunning, it takes a lot of talent to do something like that. I have a lot of respect for Mr. Dali and his artistic abilities. His inspiration for the piece came from a dream that depicted Jesus on the cross, according to Wikipedia. Underneath him there is some fishermen in a pond. It seems as if Jesus is looking down on the men or the angle he is in portrays that. Also the background behind Jesus is very dark. I don't know how religious Mr. Dali is, but it seemed like he made this out to be a bad dream. Being a Christian, I would think this would be a good dream where Jesus would be backgrounded by a light colored sky with sunshine, because Jesus is the light of our life and I would not picture him with a dark backgrounds, in my own opinion; people's views on the catholic religion vary from person to person.

Some different archetypes I noticed in the picture was the dark sky which I do not comprehend. Anyone have any ideas about what the dark sky could represent? Also I noticed the water with the fishermen. A bigger water source like that could stand for freedom which I feel like people could find that in Jesus Christ. Many people turn to religion to find that extra love they need in their life. Christianity accepts everyone, they do not judge if you follow the religion correctly.

I also thought about the fishermen in the painting. Why would fishermen ever be in a picture with Jesus on the Cross? I thought about all the times you see a fish on the back of someone's car. A bumper sticker. Called an Ichthys, more commonly referred as "the Jesus Fish." Ichthys translates into "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior." I feel this could be what the fishermen represent in Dali's dream that they are fishing for, metaphorically.