givenchy, how to get to the most of your deer, unknown, unknown, damien hirst, the taxidermist, kafka; the worries of a head of household (below)
I'm fascinated by taxidermy; the brutality vs serenity, manipulation, dominance, the eternal.
In vain I ask myself, what will happen to him? Can he possibly die? Anything that dies has had some kind of aim in life, some kind of activity, which has worn it out; but that does not apply to Odradek. Will he therefore, one day tumble down the stairs before the feet of my children and my children's children, trailing a line of thread after him? HIt's clear he does nobody harm; but the notion that he might even outlive me is most painful to me.