Carruth uses the metaphor of an ostrich with its head in the sand to explore how we are easily diverted by small offerings while ignoring larger, more significant events. The composition employs a "smoke screen" effect—a series of panels and cosmic botanical elements that draw the eye toward the trivial, allowing the monumental to pass by unnoticed. It is a study of trust and the vulnerability that comes with a lack of awareness.

The artist uses the floor tiles as a litmus test for reality; while the woman is visible in the polished surface, the screens that hide her are conspicuously absent from the reflection. This distinction between the real and the imagined underscores a call for vigilance, suggesting that much of our environment is a constructed artifice. By isolating the human figure as the only reflected entity, Carruth highlights the necessity of seeing through the distractions of a bizarre, ordinary world.