"OK so flower power didn't work, so what? It just means that we have to try again and again until we get it right." ......John Lennon

This painting could be taken as a celebration of Lennon's efforts toward a more peaceful planet, or it could be a criticism of his apparent failure. Optimists could see it as representing the power of man's will to turn dreams into reality (hence the doves leaving the head) and eventually overcome war and "give peace a chance". While pessimists could say it demonstrates how Lennon's dream of world peace is just that....a naive dream unrelated to reality.