"But upon that perfect countenance
was the mark of eternal pain,
of deathless agony and suffering past words."
-- Gertrude Bacon, "The Gorgon's Head"
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| Polymer clay Medusa face 5-17-13 |
“I was my face, I was ugliness ...
It became the launching pad from which to lift off,
the one immediately recognizable place to point to when asked what was wrong with my life.
Everything led to it, everything receded from it--my face as personal vanishing point.”
-- Lucy Grealy, Autobiography of a Face
“I would pay snakes to bite her.”
-- Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
