An image of a lion facing east was placed in the area of Ethiopia. This was my symbolic impression of the title Rastaman Vibration . Everyone in the group liked the painting, but I later found out that Bob had a problem with it. Art can and is approached from the artist's standpoint. As stated in the quote above and concerning what has been stated in this paper already, both Reggae album cover-artists and Jamaican artist alike, expressed visually to people what was to be said in words.
Art is a means of visual knowledge and implies a consciousness of reality.
Analyzing symbols in artwork helps the viewer to interpret the given painting. In America during the 1920's and 1930's, Garvey initiated a large sense of African pride. And one of the elders saith unto me, weep not. Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. The Lion of Judah, my favorite Rasta-symbol, is representative of Selassie as a member of the house of David.