The monk represents the Self and the beast represents the ego.
This is all photomanipulation. The rock, energy (smoke) textures are from photobash.org, the monk was photographed during my Spain trip, and the background was all done with procedural filters in Photoshop + a fractal noise map created in After Effects.
Making of
https://www.behance.net/gallery/53733535/The-Monk-and-the-Beast
Stunning! I also love the messages you put in your work very much. They're clear and so true.
Thank you so much Rebecca :)!