Ever left someone or something for what seemed like a better alternative, only to find out that you end up with the exact same problem presented a different way? We think that's what's going on here in Filipe Dos Santos' painting. All of us, at some point, have worn the exact expression as this woman, whilst we've sat and ruminated on our life choices.
She seems to hold her troubles in her hands, and although a rainbow offers her a way out, it's only going to take her to more trouble. It's a classic case of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't.' Note how her face is out of proportion to her body; it's an artistic choice designed to emphasize her woe and help us, in turn, to understand it in ourselves. Sometimes the only options we have are bad ones. We still have to choose.