Watching anxiety, digital, A4

I spent the last 2 hours thinking on this, and my conclusion of the blood halo is that anxiety can happen to the best of us, but not only that, it also represents the heart. Just like the of the golden halo is mean to indicate the holy people (the good people) in those paintings. The halo is bleeding. The heart is bleeding. The fear experienced by a person with a bleeding heart, who cares deeply for people, is a large source of anxiety. That fear experienced by people who care deeply for others, like the saints, is a source of anxiety. You always worry about others. This painting reminds me of my grandma.
extra: I was confused about the blue colored flames for awhile too. I've always believed the color blue to represent peace. Seeing flames characterized by the color peace was a shocker, but now i think i get it. I feel like the flames, in a way, represent hope for peace, but anxiety takes your hope and turns it into fear. This bleeding heart hopes for the best but yet, fear overtakes her being and fills her with dread. Her overall being knows that. That is why, she too, is blue, but the fear takes over. Filling her with a more intense color of yellow. Common in flames. A wild, vicious thing that is hard to control. Just as the flames.

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