Marianne & Héloïse (after 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire')
by Luke Nemitz
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"He chooses the memory of her. That's why he turns. He doesn't make the lover's choice, but the poet's."
Perhaps she was the one who said, “Turn around.”
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"He chooses the memory of her. That's why he turns. He doesn't make the lover's choice, but the poet's."
Perhaps she was the one who said, “Turn around.”