Ankh

Actual Meaning
The Ankh is commonly known to mean life in the language of Ancient Kemet (land of the Blacks) renamed Egypt by the Greeks. It is also a symbol for the power to give and sustain life, the Ankh is typically associated with material things such as water(which was believed by Egyptians to regenerate life), air, sun, as well as with the Gods, who are frequently pictured carrying an Ankh. The Egyptian king is often associated with the Ankh also, either in possession of an Ankh (providing life to his people) or being given an Ankh (or stream of Ankhs) by the Gods. It is usually worn as an amulet to extent the life of living and placed on the mummy to energize the resurrected spirit. It is believed that life energy emanating from the Ankh can be absorbed by anyone within a certain proximity. The amulet is a powerful talisman that provides the wearer with protection from the evil forces of decay and degeneration. The girl in the picture, that lives millions of lightyear away, as her ancestors did, that visited this world hundreds years ago, uses the ankh...

http://tunaferit.deviantart.com/art/Ankh-12363939

What the piece means to me:

In my opinion this piece is about a necklace or amulet that allows the wearer to be protected by decay and degeneration and this is a completly different kind of evil forces that we would generally think about. I was at first drawn to this image because of the womans eyes as they look very evil almost as if she has been possesed.

Materials:

this image was created using pencil and charcoal which helps to show the concept of the image because it gives it a dark feel as it is in black and white which also helps to create a slight depth of field

Overall Judgment:

In my opinion this image has a different concept to the one I would have interpreted at first as i would not have seen decay as evil before now as our interpretations of evil include greed, slander and death which I suppose that decay is apart of death.