{"id":74,"date":"2014-04-19T18:20:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T09:24:05","slug":"the-life-of-the-stone-rodins-the-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/the-life-of-the-stone-rodins-the-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life of the Stone | Rodin’s The Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’ around 4 degrees Celsius in Edinburgh (welcome to Scotland the brave).<\/p>\n

Within the Scottish National Gallery<\/a> the world is boiling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The\u00a0marble bursts and the passion emerges – damn you to hell Fran\u00e7ois-Auguste-Ren\u00e9 Rodin<\/a> .<\/p>\n

I walked around\u00a0The Kiss<\/a>, then walked around again.\u00a0I stood, breathed a little unsteadily and continued the round of desire.<\/p>\n

Somehow I managed to cry a little\u00a0(discreetly).<\/p>\n

These are the things caused by Art<\/strong>, people say to me. Sometimes they are right.<\/p>\n

Such Art exists because Love exists<\/strong>, I say to people. Sometimes I am right.<\/p>\n

\"TheKissPosterOnline\"<\/p>\n

———<\/em>
\nFirst published over at my Greek blog.<\/a>\u00a0(31 Jan. 2014)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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