It Is Bitter
In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And He ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter - bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."
- Stephen Crane
This is a pencil rough of a poem interpretation project for one of my classes. It is a bit over the top, but so is the poem. What do you think? What should I change?
posted by Stephen "Steve" at 1/30/2005 11:07:00 PM
8 Comments:
hmm, very nice... the heart is good detail. And I thought those were roses surrounding it, but then they looked like teeth....even better! def the freakiest art Ive ever seen you do.
Posted by cory
It scares me. So many teeth. My God, the teeth!
Posted by Jeanette
too many teeth, make the heart bigger. not too big, you bastard, but a little bigger, for christsake.
Posted by art critic-pants
Do those teeth have cavities???? Gahhhh, the teeth!
Posted by Jeanette
I think you should make all those teeth hearts chewing on a tooth, that way your love is consuming the tool you use to devour it all.
Did I just blow your mind?
Posted by cory
I think you should make it a valentine heart and you should make the teeth into teddy bears and then you can give to marigold for valentines day and it will serve two purposes.
Posted by mandpants
Thanks for all the advice, but you people are obviously the wrong crowd to ask about such things. Maybe your hearts are not bitter enough.
Posted by Steve
My heart is bitter enough. It incredible and chilling. This little tiny heart, trying to fight againt the monster of life. I love it. But some blood would be nice.. maybe just one tiny last drop from the heart... Just my thoughts.
Posted by Inanna