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Hi @veryspider! The story of the violin strings: The others have snapped. So time is running out for the music of life. When that last is gone...

Here is the original painting by Böcklin.

Arnold Böcklin

Ah ha! I thought so, but I didn't really want to presume that was the symbolic message about the single string :)

But that's what the comment section is for, discussing our observations. =)