It's a painting that has famously resisted interpretation: Does it depict the Biblical flight of the Holy Family to Egypt?
The spontaneous formation of oxide nanowires (and whiskers) from the oxidation of metals is a well-established phenomenon that has, however, long resisted interpretation.
Regarding the morphologies and the incubation time of the Ga wires, this system shares most features with metal/alloy substrates, such as tin and zinc, where the whiskering phenomenon has been well established and has resisted interpretation for 60+ years.
It was as if it was meant to sum up the siege, but in fact, it resisted interpretation.
There are reasons to accept and reasons to resist interpretations of this kind.
Bright colors add a poetic flair, but the works mostly resist interpretation.
Sometimes books come along that resist interpretation as fiercely as they demand it.
The piece resists interpretation: it is part slasher film and part koan.
These are films created for contemplation, and they both invite and resist interpretation.
It resists interpretation and yet begs it, made new by the light and the passing of the day.
