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.
24 April 2010
My name is Alfie (Part 2)
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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.
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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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