I find the 'imagery' in this piece far too explicit for my taste. There is little subtlety in the message the artist is trying to convey. It seems to me as the observer HAS to be provoked and in doing so I feel the strength of the image is lost. However, regardless of the artists intention the concept of 'understanding' is, ironically, somewhat incomprehensible. As human beings, we are tortured by a constant desire to understand everything and to catagorize the world around us into neat segments. In reality- this act is completely impossible. There is no absolute truth except for ignorance.