I really love the concept of this piece. However, I think there will be many different interpretations of what the piece means. I will give my interpretation of this piece. I see a man torn with the direction in which society says he must take and the path that he wants to take. The arrow represents the direction in which society wants him to take. However, there is also the path that he wants to take, a path that society rejects but the path that he feels he was destined to take. He is stuck at a crossroad and he is deciding to follow his heart or to follow what society wants him to do. The concept strikes the reader, at least it did for me, by representing that there are choices in life that society wants you to make because that is what is appropriate and fitting. Then there are the choices that your heart tells you to make, but it may not be accepted by society. Let's keep this within ethical boundaries, especially because not everyone has a heart that is pure of intention. So you really gave us with a thought-provoking piece.

I really love the amount of negative space because it allows for immediate focus on the arrow and the man. Also, the muted tones really polish the process of decision-making in terms of how gray one feels when faced with a difficult decision. Overall the clarity and the details are great and really help with the concept of the piece. Keep up the awesome work Martin.

The absolute absence of symmetry, the asymmetry. That's what came to my mind immediately when I saw this picture.
Asymmetry. Between the two sides of the piece: the darkness and the light, the choice between two opposites, the two extremes of the spectrum. And, in the middle, the duality that that choice implies.
Asymmetry. Between the person and his super-ego, between his identity and a social contradiction to it, between an unorganized part of the personality and something that strives to act against it.
Asymmetry. Eventually between the person and his alter-ego, between the original identity and a second self, a second personality. A double personality.
Asymmetry of choices. Asymmetry of life and of the universe.
The beauty of asymmetry and all the diversity that derives from it.

This is an invitation to reflection. That's the power of your pieces, Martin.