Spanning the spectrum of life

While at Cambridge, was keen on visiting the Christ's college Chapel.  Had visited the King's College Chapel on a previous visit.  Had heard much about the former from the Rector.  However, did not find it appealing - perhaps, had raised my level of expectations too high!

Anyway, two things that attracted me most: the mosaic behind the sanctuary and the marble carving on the right of the sanctuary.  Couldn't really get a good picture of the mosaic, but it depicted the risen Christ (or was it Christ, the King?) over the college campus.  Looked good!

The marble carving on the side were of two people - couldn't get their names or details since the description was totally in Latin. However what caught my eye was the carving of a small kid holding a skull in one hand!  Felt a bit strange to see the two ends of life juxtaposed, yet ignorant or oblivious of each other! The child is in no state of mind to know what the skull means.  The skull didn't have a clue of what infancy is all about.  But the viewer, who is aware of both, is left 'halfway through'.  The other side infant too had something in hand, but couldn't really make out what it was - most probably, it was damaged, and not complete.