Equally, the power of corporate towers is manifest in up-looking, phallic worship, and in the motherly surveillance of the world below. |
Plants do a great job of looking very phallic at this time of year, none more so than the skunk arums, in this case Lysichiton camtschatcense. |
Shiva is also the god of fertility and is mostly worshipped in the phallic symbol called Linga. |
The last piece is Louise Bourgeois' Fillette, a phallic object combining male and female elements. |
The notion of a sword, a gun or a nuclear missile being a phallic symbol or a penile extension has become something of a cliché. |
In particular, Hinduism and the lingam, or phallic symbol associated with the god Siva, are highlighted. |