24 April 2010

My name is Alfie (Part 2)

When I was a boy at St. Alban's Secondary School,

   
                   
the school took us on this cultural trip

   
                   
to observe art at one of the...

   
                   
One of those big famous London museums.

   
                   
Anyway, when I was there,

   
                   
I came across this statue of a Greek goddess in marble.

   
                   
Aphrodi... Aphrodite, something like that.

   
                   
Beautiful, she was.

   
                   
Perfect female form.

   
                   
Chiselled features.

   
                   
Exquisite.

   
                   
I stood in awe of her.

   
                   
Finally, the teacher calls us all over, and I'm walking past it,

   
                   
on the way I notice, in the side of this Greek goddess,

   
                   
all these cracks, chips, imperfections.

   
                   
Ruined her for me.

   
                   
Well, that's Nikki.

   
                   
A beautiful sculpture...

   
                   
...damaged...

   
                   
...in a way you don't notice till you get too close.

2 comments:

  1. mmm Nikki tenía remedio. Toda escultura puede ser resanada, pulida, reparada. Algunas toman mucho tiempo, claro está. No estaba con la persona adecuada para ello. Se requiere mucha disposición y paciencia.

    Me encantó la movie, buena recomendación!

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  2. Por otra parte... a veces esas peqeñas imperfecciones y grietas, cuentan historias que vuelven a la escultura más interesante. Le agregan carácter y le agregan mística. La hacen única. No?

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