The interior of the female figure cites an extract from Paul Géraldy's poem Mea Culpa: “Au fond, vois-tu, mon erreur, ma grande folie, c'est d'avoir chargé ton cœur de tout le poids de ma vie” — taken from the book Moi et Toi, a source of inspiration for the artist.

In the metaphor of the unexpressed struggle for recognition of the Ego, the woman is hopelessly Damaged.