MEANING 2 - Interactions Between Levels

This painting represents a tiger in its natural habitat. It's life-like yet has hidden symbols and meaning. The detail gives it the sense of realness and truth, but there is a hidden tiger. Take a few moments to look for it while thinking of "abstract."
If you give up, the stripes on the tiger is abstracted to read the words "the hidden tiger." This is a prime example of "you see what you want to see." The eyes and mind can play tricks; all we see are stripes on the tiger, but once we see the hidden words, it's almost impossible to see just stripes now.
The tiger on its own can symbolize strength, courage, and/or loyalty, especially in the chinese culture. Others can take that knowledge of what the tiger symbolizes and have it now symbolize what kind of man they want (or woman) in order to relate to the painting.