Atypical Transgender Late Bloomer

click to embiggen in new window. click to embiggen in new window.   This is a bit of art I'm working on, and it certainly has a meaning for me but my impression is, that if I have to explain it then I haven't done it right. I'd sure appreciate any feedback in the comments, especially along the lines of: what works/doesn't work what meaning you find in it what feelings you find with it And if you click the image, it opens bigger in a new window. thank you very much!

Recently the most frequently misused term in the media has been "witch hunt" and it struck me: I really don't know much about the Salem Witch Trials . So down the rabbit hole I went, and I read about the trials, the accusations, the meagre justifications in law and process; and I came upon the story of Giles Corey , and his death by peine forte et dure , and I really related to him. Giles Corey was charged with witchcraft. However, the State was quite uncertain that they had jurisdiction for several reasons and so they artfully would ask the accused to enter a plea of guilty or not-guilty; by entering a plea, the accused accepted the jurisdiction of the court. By "standing mute" and refusing to enter a plea, the accused rejected the court's jurisdiction and the trial could not continue. Why did Giles Corey decline to enter a plea? If he pled and then was found guilty, his property would revert to the Crown. If he were never found guilty, his property woul...