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Alchimie du verbe. Arthur Rimbaud. Une saison en enfer.

"Meroin: Plaster, syringes and resin. 2012. Even if this work may look blasphemous at first glance, the real theme deals with drugs and not religion. I came up with the idea of ​​transposing a sacred icon into a toxic icon. Whenever the lighter ignites under the spoon, the junkie offers his life to his perverse divinity. The work disturbs because it wants to disturb." - Maria C. Magilla Torre

And by the time he finally gets back it's almost 3 am and the bar is about to close while she's sitting there stone cold sober, surrounded by 5 drunk guys unsuccessfully trying to convince her to give up on waiting for him and go home with one of them instead. And the guy shows up to proceed to beat the shit out of them before explaining himself to her like hey sorry bullshit kept happening, my phone fell into a storm drain and my wallet got stolen when I was trying to find someone who'd borrow me a phone so I could call and

Happy Lunar New Year!