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This piece is making a sarcastic comment about life. It is explaining that we can be as determined as we want, but without the help of something or someone, virtually nothing can be accomplished. She portrays this comment through the determined looking man with an empty yoke as well as the sarcastic simple title of the work. This allows the viewer to connect that things must be complete in order to work in the way they're designed by creating something that is clearly missing a critical piece. Another insight in this work can be obtained through the examination of the myth of Sisyphus. This if true for that in the same way that the work Sisyphus is doing has no purpose, it seems that Aggie zed may also be making a comment about the pointlessness of the work being done by man in itself. Just as Sisyphus is wasting his time pushing the rock up the mountain, this man is also seems to be wasting his time for what appears to be a senseless project. Through this insight it could also be assumed that the work may also be making a deeper comment about where society places their time and resources. Alot of societies time and money is spend on terrible, senseless things like weapons races, and standing armies, and other ways to hurt people when in fact we should be devoting our time and effort to helping better the world around us and attempting to establish peace throughout society. This is supported through her other works in that they are all performing some senseless task but they seem determined and it seems to be pleasing to them, no matter how trivial.