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At this point, please allow me to show you one of my pictures of 1987.

Inspired by the examination of the house motive, an aspect was discovered which relates to the supporting square with its isosceles triangle on top, the latter shown as a cut through a superimposed roof.  In this context, it is a matter of transformational upward energy - ascending in roundabout motion, accompanied by a supply of electricity - an energy which is conceived as being a rather reluctant, yet likewise Dionysian process of dissolution. What appears by way of a targeted shot is a somewhat urging, predominantly subconscious bond.

In which regard such phenomena may be perceived as gender-specific or characteristic shall at this point remain unspecified.

The ancient archers shot arrows with and without barbs. Those with barbs could not be pulled out of the meat they'd struck... unless the arrow had completely penetrated the meat and ultimately was removed on the other side by its shaft.

If this couldn't be accomplished and the victim remained alive, the arrowhead could only fester out.

Is the art of archery thus also the ability to reveal oneself to one another through the power of wounding someone?




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