Traditional Art

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The Morning Visitor by Dino Buzzati (1967) (blog.mirrorofzen.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That escalated quickly.

[–] [email protected] 118 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

It is about rape, so yeah. The telling of trauma is intentional.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh ok, I see it now. It seemed abstract at first glance.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Totally. It is a bit abstract, or perhaps Dada or Surrealism inspired. It could be said that trauma is baked into those movements.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes to properly show the horrors of the real you have to leave the real behind

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah, history and art don't repeat themselves, contemporaries rhyme with the past.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's considered surrealist by which ever groups of Art History PhDs who decide these things

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Makes sense.

[–] Imgonnatrythis 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I read it as about menstruation

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. The sexual assault reading comes from the artist.

[–] Soulg 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My first look was similar. But after reading the comments and looking again, it became more obvious to be about rape.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's what I said, in the comments.

[–] Soulg 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm agreeing with you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Sorry, I misinterpreted your comment. Cheers.

[–] breakfastburrito 7 points 4 months ago

Oh interesting. I definitely see that now. I thought it was “passion according to gh”