10.21.2008

the picture


One could see why he wanted the picture: Three pairs of bare feet—hers and his and hers—on the large platform bed.
It was to be part of his own autobiography, and the conception was largely graphic with a subtext of a man caught between cultures, seduced by them both, totally in bed with neither. And, yes, a faint but undeniable tease. Playful, however, and totally spurious. Not threatening. Unless it was culturally completely outre—and you already felt threatened.
This frame was just not in the picture.

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