jookbeard says
the oil drum looks a bit strange, but if someone could highlight any more subliminal imagery I'm sure I'd see it
and drew sagan says
- The barrel, as pictured in a caption, is dumping its contents into the river!
The watchtower society can and does put subliminal imagery (jests) into the artwork. Many JWs no longer have the capacity to think objectively. That leads to errors in their perception and a unwillingness to break former paradigms. The picture is a classic case of visual maniplulation to fool the viewer. The fish is in its own frame - almost, but not quite - that leads to a dulling of the perception, for the real intention of the Bethell artist was the oil barrel which is almost entirely in it's own frame but not quite. The oil barrel is pouring into the river which is conceptually impossible.