Wow at all these interpretations. Regardless of the artist's intent, I think it ended up here because it's representational of any sort of injustice and oppression...which we can all relate to. Niko

People are wondering who would do this.....somebody who is greedy, selfish, or is benefiting from it in some way....there's too many of those people in our world! Fight the Power

It resembles a fallen angel. One whos done something bad bad and deserves to be be'winged. Your Mom

Actually, the 'cutter' is holding the scissors such that if he were to push them down, he would be opening the blades further apart. Otherwise, if he is actually trying to cut the wings, he's holding the scissors in quite an awkward position, and isn't going to get the best leverage. So really, no wings will be cut here. Observant

I think it's just mean. The man is jealous of the Angel's purity and wants to remove it forever Leeca

So Saddddd... who can be this CRUELLLLLLL??? anonymous

It's very impressive though horrible, I can't imagine the pain if someone would cut off my wings like that! Effie

They will never cut our wings down..ax alex

When angels no longer have their wings, myth is that they become mortal...but yeah, whoever drew that got the idea from a lot of different paintings and movies...Constantine, being one of them. eurka

It looks like some picture out of an old text book or something. Random Mistress

I don`t feel good aftar this picture :( Dimo

If I met you in a scissor fight I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone D'Vil Monroe

Every painting or picture means something...especially if it dates back to a certain era...and your friend who drew this 10 years ago, he copied it from a very old painting that I saw on the discovery channel watching some shit on angels and God!!! D'Vil Monroe

Beautiful ?

Mason, you got that from dogma. I think Kevin Smith made that fact up. rustynails

It's anti-religious for sure. punkusmartyrus

The way I looked at it, was that people are cutting away at our freedom... I dunno, maybe thats just me typo

where did this image come from? it's one of my favorite patches. aleksandr

Who the angel is and who's cutting can be interpreted. But it is worth pointing out that cutting of an angels wings is said to make it mortal. Mason

I have this artwork tattooed and it really dosen't have a singular specific meaning. The fact that it is so interpretable is what I like about it so much. Joe

yea, its cool looking but if someone could explain the meaning........ mark

What is this supposed to illustrate? The thought of work severing the wings of the dreamer? Or Anti-Religion? I can't figure it out! Luke

This is just so cool. Wow. John

This was drawn about 10 years ago by a friend from Amsterdam. I got it as a tattoo back in 1998 or so. It doesn't mean anything specific. Stop asking. Boe Jiel