The Core of the Struggle: The Vessel of Life
Arpad Bojtos situates the work's narrative and emotional epicenter within the miniature sculpture at the center of the handle. In a position typically reserved for displays of power and control, Bojtos instead presents a struggle that is more primal and internally fraught.

The figure here wields no weapon; with his entire being, he clutches the ultimate symbol of life in the Kalahari: the ostrich egg. In Bojtos's artistic vocabulary, this object is elevated to a dual symbol: it is 'Sustenance,' providing energy, and more critically, the vessel of 'Preservation'—much like the containers used by the San people to store precious water.

This symbolism is profoundly resonant, representing the eternal theme of pure Endurance against the forces of natural Attrition.

Consequently, the victory Bojtos celebrates here is not one achieved through conquest or combat, but one that originates from the primal instinct to hold fast to hope in the midst of desperation. It is a triumph of survival itself, a profound testament to the artist's enduring exploration of the indomitable human will.