The dripping of water resonates around the cave, and I'm reminded of Axel's words in Journey to the Centre of the Earth: 'I had not yet peered into the fathomless pit into which I was about to venture.
One thing's clear, however: The artist purposely chose to position each image above a protruding ridgeline that runs along the cave wall, symbolizing either the surface of the water or tall grass that's obscuring the lower half of the deer.
For the church, built over a cave which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, the biggest problem is water damage from unrepaired leaks and the reluctance of the Greek, Armenian and Roman Catholic hierarchs to agree on any repair plan that might disrupt the Ottoman-era system for sharing access to the building.