leaning into the surreal ✨ In Salvador Dalí’s works, crutches are not just supports—they’re symbols of death, snobbery or the comforts of old age. These dreamlike props act as metaphors for emotional & physical support, inviting the viewer to reconsider what seems solid & notice what may be quietly collapsing. 🖼️ “The Weaning of Furniture-Nutrition” (1934) 🖼️ “Daddy Longlegs of the Evening–Hope!” (1940) 🖼️ “Average Atmospherocephalic Bureaucrat in the Act of Milking a Cranial Harp” (1933) 🖼️ “Untitled (Persistence of Fair Weather)” (1932) 🖼️ “The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used as a Table” (1934) 🖼️ “The Javanese Mannequin” (1934) 🖼️ “Meditation on the Harp” (1933) 🖼️ “Skull with Its Lyric Appendage Leaning on a Night Table Which Should Have the Exact Temperature of a Cardinal Bird’s Nest” (1934) 🖼️ “Falla del Foc” (1954) #thedali #dali #salvadordali #surrealism #surreal #arthistory