Love is the ultimate outlaw.

“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”

This is said by the creature. He wanted to live. He wanted to live life so badly even though he had had such a difficult one. He still loved the song of the birds and the smell of the flowers and the joy in the world even if he never got to truly experience that joy. I just. AHHHH.

Rudolf Kosow (German, b.1972)

Phenomenon II, 2018

The Abduction of Persephone. Sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-22.

I call you mine; only when all backs are turned  and all the doors are shut, when mortals lay their eyes to rest and ancient gods shake the earth as they walk upon it, when the stars rejoins us, when the air slipping in and out of your lungs is all you can hear, when doubt finally settles within your mind and solitude seeks refuge in the depths of your soul, that is when I’ll call on you. That is when you will hear me whisper your name as if an echo from the past. That is when I shall call you mine; mine, mine to keep, kept on my tongue, kept in the cage of my heart and kept beyond my reach.

[ID: A page of a play. It reads as follows, "Theseus: Stop. Give me your hand. I am your friend. / Herakles: I fear to stain your clothes with blood. / Theseus: Stain them, I don't care." End text.]