The Climb
This one is pretty self-explanatory, it depicts Sisyphus, the king of Ephyra, and his eternal punishment of pushing a giant boulder up the mountain, given by Zeus after he cheated death twice.
It holds a special place in my heart, as I am passionate by both Greek mythology AND the interpretation that the French philosopher Albert Camus wrote in his essay titled "The Myth of Sisyphus" (1942).

I know the this story is widely known and probably overused at this point, but I absolutely love the thought put behind it, comparing the absurdity of human existence to Sisyphus and his punishment. Even if his task is impossible to complete, he keeps doing it nonetheless and through the absurdity of it all, Camus states that Sisyphus accepts his fate and that "one must imagine him happy".

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