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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3239959" data-attributes="member: 18280">I merely give you the benefit of the doubt, that you are seeing some subtle (but actual) indications from the artwork that I cannot see.And, have a good vacation.I feel certain that this is true.  Yet I also feel certain that some interpretation of art is more valid than others.  When, for example, one looks at The Scream and sees a man in pain, anxiety, or fear, that seems to me a more likely interpretation than seeing a message that apples are tasty.Likewise, I do not expect that the average person flipping through a PHB (or any book, for that matter) is going to assume that nothing is what it seems, and that innocent objects should induce gut-wrenching horror, unless there is something that clearly indicates that this is the case.  IMHO, the message conveyed by successful artwork should be examined first in light of the most common shared background of the society creating it, rather than the most esoteric.  Especially when one creates art to be used in marketing.My thesis related to the PHB/DMG art not only acknowledges that expected and pereceived messages conveyed by art may alter the way one views art; it says that exactly.  (And, BTW, I started with the Blue Box, and have played every edition.)RC</blockquote>