If you were carving a sculpture in stone of a person experiencing grief, why might you depict them kneeling, with their hands to their face, crying, instead of standing and raising their hands to God?

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Outstretched extremities in a stone sculpture can be structurally weak and prone to breaking, so a more compact pose like kneeling with hands to face is more stable.

If You Were Carving a Sculpture in Stone of a Person