Coming from a wrestling background this image resonated with me. This image of two people who seem to be wrestling in a hospital room, with a caged window and a hole in the wall speaks volumes to me. Wrestling for me was always an escape to let out emotion and forget about everything else that was going on in my life. From what I can see in the hospital, that might be the case for them as well. There is not much to do and there is a lot of built of emotion that needs to be released, what better way? The caged window conveys that they are locked up and have nothing to do. The hole in the wall tells me that this is not there first time in this room wrestling. Growing me to believe my original statement even more, that this is an escape for them.
Mary Ellen Mark, www.maryellenmark.com/books/ward-81/images/337c8e6e-f625-4a18-af69-9c714add0cfa. Accessed 27 Nov. 2023.