#todoloquehay

When I was a boy at St. Alban’s Secondary School, the school took us on this cultural trip to observe art at one of the – One of those big famous London museums. Anyway, when I was there, I came across this statue of a Greek goddess in marble. Aphrodite, something like that. Beautiful, she was. Perfect female form. Chiseled features. Exquisite. I stood in awe of her. Finally, the teacher calls us all over, and I’m walking past it, and on the way I notice, in the side of this Greek goddess, all these cracks, chips, imperfections. Ruined her for me Well, that’s Nikki. A beautiful sculpture…damaged…in a way you don’t notice ‘til you get too close.”