The Forbidden Series · Schema: Emotional Inhibition

Gilded Tears

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A greyscale portrait of a woman's upturned face, freckled with paint specks, with bright gold leaf streaming from both eyes like tears.

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MediumInk, wash & gold leaf on paper

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The eyes are given entirely to the gold: no iris, no white, only molten leaf spilling over the cheekbones. What if the most valuable thing a person produces is the thing they cry? Grief rendered as treasure rather than weakness.

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