The artist depicts the final tear as it makes its way down his face. The tear grows thick, heavy, and painful as if its substance were no longer water and salt, but blood. The closed eyelid is a clear symbol of the artist’s pain and resignation. Pain transforms into indifference, and indifference is no longer an emotion. Nothing can move him anymore; nothing can touch or hurt him. It is a suit of armor built to preserve his mental health a shield that lets nothing and no one through.
