Hi James!
I immediately see this visual as a flyer proclaiming cryptic information that I do not immediately understand, which reads a bit one-sided especially due to the ALL CAPS artistic choice that I thought was widely understood as YELLING. Maybe this is what you are going for, and by the viewer just looking at the image they are being influenced in a tel-empathetic way. Visually it is stunning, the lime greens and electric blues paired with the patterns and cultural references are definitely not boring. I can even get down with the 4x horizontal repetition of the image which makes enough sense to me, in a psychedelic sort of way. I don't fully understand the content, but my attention is drawn in. To me, it's like you created an image that rests in the untouchable in-between doorway of worlds. It's like the difference between looking and seeing...
They may simply have a problem with you communicating through an image instead of text supplemented by a clearly related image? But really, GAIA is full of normies who are scratching the surface of these concepts. So I hate to say this, but maybe dumb it down a notch?
Perhaps if you rephrased the ALL CAPS proclamations into a question, or keep them and just add a visually clear text box with a question, people would have a breadcrumb to interact with? Really, a question clearly relating to the topic on the thread could be all this needs to fly past the GAIA police and foster this bull they call:
"constructive, thoughtful dialogue focused on specific content"
Well there is my two cents. I wish you the best of luck with getting your information into the viewership!
Clementine