The sculptor and his model
Rodin and Gwen: Metamorphosis. Yes ,when she came to him, she was blind spirit, a luminous girl. Yes!, he did suck her eyes out of her head, and swish them round in his mouth, tasting them, flavoursome, before pouring them back into her eyes sockets- so yes ,of course she wept, that was the beginning of her tears... So, yes, he did pull her tongue down his hoary throat, where it flexed bravely, in the gouty, slimy dark place of endless gurgling and volcanic heave ho's. Yes, she did keep cats, so what? He torched her hair, it caught fire, he breathed flames from her toes to the top of her head, she crawled from the molten lava of the vat, and her hands were webbed – she stood examining her webbed fingers, she was naked, she felt sensual. He said : I am God, I am sacred ‘ She shot him a look, he crumbled, and chased her round the studio, belly rumbling, big fat man on thunderous thighs- he caught her but she resisted, and round his frame, draped the gold...