Kahlo's toes point up from the water in a bathtub and are reflected back into the water. They dominate the painting, and, along with an underwater view of her thighs, are all that can be seen of her in this self-portrait.
In the water float remnants of Kahlo's life. There is an island which holds a volcano erupting a skyscraper, a dead woodpecker perched upon a tree, and a small skeleton resting upon a hill. From this island a tight rope begins which creates a diamond-like shape within the center of the tub, and eventually wraps around the neck of a naked female figure, who floats Ophelia-like.
From this female figure, who may represent Kahlo herself, the rope returns into the hand of a faceless man lounging on the edge of the island, who seems to be watching the woman that he is distantly strangling.
Also floating in the bathtub are an empty Mexican dress, a seashell full of bullet-holes, a couple that resemble Kahlo's parents from her earlier painting My Grandparents My Parents and I, and two female lovers who later reappear in her painting Two Nudes in a Forest. The painting references traditional and ancient iconography, mythology and symbolism, eroticism and botany all mapped out onto a scene depicting the legs of the artist herself as signified by her wounded right foot submerged in bath water.
References to Kahlo's earlier works and influences have been noted. These include themes from her painting My Parents, My Grandparents and I , allusions to fifteenth-century painter Hieronymus Bosch 's The Garden of Earthly Delights in her attention to flora and fauna, and a reference to her political position by documenting the clash of the old and the new in the dramatic detail of a skyscraper burning inside a volcano.
Among the various elements of macabre that are visible, a skeleton and a nude bather choked by a rope stand out. What the Water Gave Me was Frida's memoir of her life, depicting life and death and comfort and loss. In the midst of her vision lies the way in which Frida found herself submerged by her life. Frida is quoted saying "I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior.
In this portrait Kahlo appears lifeless as she lies in a bathtub submerged in water, her legs barely visible but her feet emerge from the water. Her right foot is bleeding and deformed, reflecting what was happening to her body while she suffered in pain.
Edit Translate Action History. Wikipedia article. Wikipedia: en. The Art Story: www. Frida-Kahlo Tag is correct Tag is incorrect. Frida Kahlo Famous works. Related Artworks. Between two lungs it was released The breath that carried me The sigh that blew me forward. Cause it was trapped Trapped between two lungs It was trapped between two lungs It was trapped between two lungs. And my running feet could fly Each breath screaming "We are all too young to die".
Between two lungs it was released The breath that passed from you to me That flew between us as we slept That slipped from your mouth into mine It crept. Gone all the days of begging The days of theft No more gasping for a breath The air has filled me head-to-toe And I can see the ground far below. Compartilhar no Facebook Compartilhar no Twitter.
Between two lungs it was released The breath that carried me The sigh that blew me forward Cause it was trapped Trapped between two lungs It was trapped between two lungs It was trapped between two lungs And my running feet could fly Each breath screaming "We are all too young to die" Between two lungs it was released The breath that passed from you to me That flew between us as we slept That slipped from your mouth into mine It crept Between two lungs it was released The breath that passed from you to me That flew between us as we slept That slipped from your mouth into mine It crept Cause it was trapped Trapped between two lungs It was trapped between two lungs Gone all the days of begging The days of theft No more gasping for a breath The air has filled me head-to-toe And I can see the ground far below I have this breath and I hold it tight And I keep it in my chest With all my might I pray to God this breath will last As it pushes past my lips As I gasp, gasp.
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