Why did Frida Kahlo paint the 'Still Life with Parrot'?

after the accident, she started to take a liking to animals, that is why she painted those spidermonkeys.

Answer 2:

She frequently included the symbolic monkey. In Mexican mythology, monkeys are symbols of lust, but Kahlo portrayed them as tender and protective symbols.

Answer best: she used monkeys to represent the ideology that monkeys are superior to the lacking intelligence of the human mind for monkey. as we all know are far superior