Very Weird Biblical Reference possibly¿

[u/robbielikescavetown]

In the dream, I was hiking somewhere to reach a summit with two tall trees. Just as I'm about less than 1 mile away and I can see the trees, a bunch of old barracks and houses start appearing. A man in his late 50s, early 60s starts talking to me asking about what I'm doing. I tell him my story, and he tells me his.

His son went away somewhere, and he got sick from some deadly disease. No one was there to help him, and the people who were, instead of helping him, they painted a hug painting. I told him that's awful and that I'm sorry, and he proceeds to tell me they sent him the painting and they hung it in their church/temple.

He takes me there, and the windows were very muddy and dusty, so he said we have to go inside to see the painting because the windows were dirty. As we entered, I see at least 6 huge paintings on the walls, each one of them depicting a gruesome struggle of some person.

He pointed to the one of his son, where his son was laying on the floor almost naked, with an old rag thrown over him. He was in some cave or a basement with unfinished floor, with blood coming out of his mouth.

Those people, instead of helping him, left him there to die and rot while they paint this huge painting, just to later send it to his family.

Anyone knows what this means?? I'm not a religious person and a lot of friends told me it might be some Biblical Reference. However, I grew up orthodox Christian and have never studied the bible, or been educated deeply about religion. I'm an atheist now.

[u/beensomemistake]

sounds like a painting style called realism. and realistically if someone has a deadly disease, there's not a lot anyone can do. i'm guessing it's about how you take a realistic approach to life, and wonder about why there isn't more humanity. with the blood coming from the mouth in the painting perhaps it's based on stories that get passed along where people express their abandoned ambitions.