"The austere composition dramatizes the relationship between the crescent moon above and the tightly enclosed figure below. The moon announces the presence of Yemayá, the mother of all living things, ruler of the seas, and symbol of mature womanhood; and/or Ochún, the spirit of love, rivers, sensuality, and fertility. Given the collagraph’s title, the moon likely represents Ochún because of her flirtatious nature. The generalized male figure, wedged in a box, looks longingly at the beautiful and seductive orisha, often associated with Venus and Aphrodite."

In another collagraph of a figure with similar features to the one in PFF's collection, Salazar explained to Cuban art critic, David Mateo, “The person I paint has no particular skin color or profile. If you look closely, I show them with heterogeneous features, maybe African lips, Chinese eyes, pink or earth skin shades: it is a person that has its ascendancy all over the world.”

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