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"Alors les yeux fermés à l’éternel éther
Ne voient plus que le sang qui dore leurs paupières ;
Sa pourpre redoutable obscurcit les lumières
D’un couple aux pieds confus qui se mêle, et se ment."
Fragment d'un Narcisse, Paul Valéry
This oil painting series is entitled after one of Paul Valéry’s poems “Fragment of the Narcissus”, evoking our need for connection, the state of excruciating vulnerability it entails, along with the greediness and blindness relationships can foster. The passage from which I chose this verse describes a couple tangling and fighting, their passionate embrace giving birth to monsters, as love also spawns self-delusion and lies.
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