The mother seems to hasten against a wall of ice and steel. The green and angular forms of the cross-bearer may also speak of hardened resolve and hope. There is no opposition between mother and son, between brown and green. Tenuous as it may appear, the complementarity between resolve and compassion is present and bitterly needed. See the flowers of love blossoming on the robe of the third figure, a woman with helping hands.
Redemption is a labor of love, it says.
We are actors in the drama of human history. The roles are varied but they are begging each other's genius. Both of them must have roots anchored in love.