Bridge of Jests

I am working on this image called the Bridge of Jests. In many forms, this is a digital collage from an original drawing.

At the Eleusinian Mysteries the Bridge of Jests provided the transition point between regular life and the place of ritual for the participants. The participants arrived at Eleusis after a solemn procession of several days during which they left behind their daily concerns.
As the participants approached the place of ritual they had to cross a bridge on which was performed the ana suromia gesture. This had the purpose of provoking ribald laughter following the solemn walk, preparing the participants for the many and varied complementary transformational experiences of the Mysteries.