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Bad Throw

5 April 2010 JohnU 0

You know it won’t go well. The kid’s not quite in the corner, not quite in the shadows, with the gothic hair and iron piercings […]

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Lygia and the Bull

5 April 2010 JohnU 0

This week, I’ll be examining this statue.  It sits on the grounds of the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida, and was inspired by an 1895 […]

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The Game

4 April 2010 JohnU 0

Shadows hide the body in the alley, where it cools, and decomposes, and stinks to high heaven.  The blood beneath the corpse is coagulating, not […]

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Storm Bringer

3 April 2010 JohnU 0

Quite suddenly, she opened her eyes. Outside, the night was peaceful, even pleasant, but clouds gathered in the corners of the sky and the temperature […]

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The Bride

3 April 2010 JohnU 0

In a field of roses, they take her picture, over and over again, a hundred times, a thousand, a veritable army of photographers and one […]

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The Girl and the Bull

2 April 2010 JohnU 0

They bound the girl to the bull with ropes and garland of roses.  She was beautiful and naked and exposed to sun and eyes alike, […]

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One Blue Fool

1 April 2010 JohnU 0

Why must I be such a fool?  Is it my diamond patterned attire, this silly silver scepter, my hat or face paint?  I can no […]