In this work, Giraldo uses two images. One figure is the Virgin, one of the most worshipped figures in the Catholic Church, to show the interrelation between the concept of the Virgin and the faith in her virginity and the Immaculate Conception; the other figure is the biblical character Edith, wife of Lot, who refused to follow the mandate of looking ahead and hoping to be saved. She turned into a pillar of salt after turning back to see, recognize and remember the life in Sodom, the place that represents the reality on Earth. In the Old Testament, salt means permanence, loyalty, durability, fidelity, utility, value, purification and commitment. Based on these two references, her works compare concepts related to the earthly and the heavenly world. Giraldo uses salt to remind us that the power of religion, church and colonization is possible because believers accept the mandates without questioning them.
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