Tuesday, January 27, 2009

193. MICHELANGELO'S BROAD YARD

MICHELANGELO'S
BROAD YARD
Some drunken pope or another, shouting 'Buonarroti,
you're only as good as your last marble cut in the eyes
of this age-old God! Your last chisel-strike! Your last
Pieta!' Then he threw down his soiled rag and wiped
out the chalice and cup. Michelangelo Buonarroti
replied: 'I am no Salazar, walking with a wound, holding
my side in pain or grimacing with blood. I know my meanings
and I know my marks.' And then he turned, and said: 'This
chisel, this chisel that cuts, it only cuts once.'

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