It is the exit from hell, a metaphor for a toxic and oppressive place. The flames define what is left behind, while the large black door returns its physical consistency: a material and heavy mass that makes tangible the condition from which the figure is separating.

The open arms and the rooted posture express the reconquest of space. The figure does not escape from the flames: it escapes from their condition, crossing a threshold that marks the distance between what has held it and the possibility of a new opening.