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The figures portray the women who came to the cave/tomb of Jesus after his crucifixion, and the angel who greeted them at the opening of the empty tomb and told them that Jesus was not there, he was risen.
Religion aside, it is the mysterious life of these statues that intrigues me: their sidelong glances, their quiet eyes seemingly full of secret knowledge, watching through generations as the seasons of earth proceed on their spiral journey through time. They emerge, pale disembodied faces, from the darkness of the grotto and hover, as if about to impart the true answers to our greatest questions:
Who are we?
Why are we here?
Where do we come from?
Where are we going?