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| The Ventriloquist |
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| The Ventriloquist is a painting about the destruction of innocence through judgment, slander, physical and or mental cruelty, wrought by the callousness of blackened hearts. It depicts the Marquis de Sade, whose light has been extinguished by the cruelty of others, and who foists his own misery onto the innocent and vulnerable, which appear in bright mocking comparison to his own tormented soul. The Marquis does not have any grounding, none of his darkness has any authentic quality, and he floats off the ground bereft of proper bearings. There is a recursive aspect to this dynamic, which perpetuates the cycle of darkness, where the light of love and compassion is extinguished in another, who in turn learns to be afraid. The Marquis’ motivation is hatred, and his pain self inflicted, as he carries the needles of judgment in his stomach and projects his own self-loathing onto others, whom he preys upon out of fear.
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