I've turned this still into an almalgamation of all three henchmen, their penises penetrating Samiak's wife whilst their one giant head and set of arms strangle the woman. This frame reminds me of the article we read in Shakespeare's Tragedies regarding men's single phallic scope, as opposed to the woman's - or possibly a more androgynous (sensibility-wise) person's - ability to feel pathos and to understand the world on multiple levels. None of them have their own thoughts, so essentially, they are one person.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Reflections on drawing in class
I've turned this still into an almalgamation of all three henchmen, their penises penetrating Samiak's wife whilst their one giant head and set of arms strangle the woman. This frame reminds me of the article we read in Shakespeare's Tragedies regarding men's single phallic scope, as opposed to the woman's - or possibly a more androgynous (sensibility-wise) person's - ability to feel pathos and to understand the world on multiple levels. None of them have their own thoughts, so essentially, they are one person.
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Yeah, this is a great drawing that brings out the phallocentric will to power in the religions of the Judeo-Christian traditions. Such graphic illustrations are necessary. Your abstraction makes Satrapi's work avant-garde and politically charged.
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