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Some persons there present didn't know what that was, so this post is for the purposes of enlightenment.
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The original conversation was all about Eric Gill, the genius designer/typographer/sculptor who was also an evil, kiddy-fiddling incest-Daddy.
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These pictures are in a similar vein by a French artist (who, if I'm not much mistaken, is very influenced by Cocteau).
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There's something about the easy line of these drawings which suggests sensuality.
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But the surreal is there too -- some of the nipples are made out of starbursts, for instance.
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And now, as I'm in danger of sounding like Sister Wendy, I'd better end it here.
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Yes, here's a good place to end it.
2 comments:
You and Sister Wendy - so much in common, I always think...
Golden Cockerel?
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