at age sixteen, these two images of
"the girl" made a lasting impression on me:
[from "the lover" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYT0mQfHGD4]young. clever. vaguely aware of her body,
of the male gaze. deliberately losing her innocence not because
she desires it, but because it is a simple fact
that has to be reconciled on her own terms.
when she falls [in love], it is as if
by accident. "the girl" comes before the artist.
sometimes, the artist is never born.
but the girl, the girl is always:
the fedora with the broad black ribbon.
the braids. the amateurly painted mouth.
the lone silhouette framed against
a house, a river, an entire nation.
of the male gaze. deliberately losing her innocence not because
she desires it, but because it is a simple fact
that has to be reconciled on her own terms.
when she falls [in love], it is as if
by accident. "the girl" comes before the artist.
sometimes, the artist is never born.
but the girl, the girl is always:
the fedora with the broad black ribbon.
the braids. the amateurly painted mouth.
the lone silhouette framed against
a house, a river, an entire nation.
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