Casting Shadows

Jane B. par Agnès V. (Agnès Varda, 1988)

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/Damon and his dad liked to go hunting sometimes when he was younger. He still does hunts but now he hunts something else too than just wild animals./

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Part 1, ft Ace.

Playing with your hair has become one of Ace's favorite hobbies. He never knows when it all started, though. As long as he can remember, he has always found his fingers tangling with your hair, making a mess out of it, not that he intended to, honestly. Ace likes the feeling of your sleek hair slipping through his fingers, leaving a faint scent on his hands for the rest of the day. When you sit together on the deck, looking out at the ocean and reveling in the cool, salty breezes that come with each wave, Ace will touch your hair, totally absent-mindedly, curling his fingers around your locks while chatting idly about whatever comes to mind. He only notices it when you have already left, and suddenly his hands feel somewhat empty. Ace loves your bad hair days, too. And your bedhead. And the chaotic hair of yours after the battles with the enemies. He is quick to rush to your side, with his big hands wrapping around the back of your head, making a shambles of your already out-of-order hair. You may object at first, but when you peek through the curtain of curls falling across your forehead and meet with Ace's devilish grin and little blushes, you can't help but laugh heartily along. Ace's smile is contagious, especially when that very smile makes your heart all flustered and sends a sweet, warm sensation all over your once-exhausted body. Soon enough, you find yourself stretching out to ruffle his fluffy hair, and it turns into a tousling contest before you know it. Not that you complain, though!

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In my mind.

I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (Sergio Martino, 1973)

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Votive offerings made from terracotta, marble, and sometimes bronze were left at healing sanctuaries and other religious sites as offerings to gods such as Asclepius (Latin Aesculapius), the Greco-Roman god of medicine. They were intended either to indicate the part of the body that needed help or as thanks for a cure.  Although the practice originated in earlier cultures, the votive offerings became very popular in Roman times – particularly between the 400s and 100s BCE. A large range of different votive body parts were made and offered up in their thousands. Anatomical votive offerings are particularly striking, as we can discern their specific functions and the hopes held by those who offered them. Many of them were clay-baked within a mold, allowing for easy and inexpensive mass production. As a result, they were widely used objects that were used by ordinary people.

With the official institution of Christianity in the Roman Empire came the need to transfer ancient pagan traditions to a Christian context. Votive offerings therefore began to be used in Christian settings instead of pagan sanctuaries. By the Medieval period, anatomical votive offerings continued to be widespread. Christian shrines across Europe saw both locals and pilgrims depositing ex-votos in the shapes of body parts. Wax votive offerings in the shape of body parts are still regularly produced to be left in Christian shrines.  Renaissance votive offerings also often took the form of painted panels depicting scenes of accidents or illnesses with saintly intercession.

The fact that the tradition has continued in popular devotion up to the Modern period shows the power that painted votive offerings undeniably have for the faithful.

Votive offerings are incredibly diverse and wide-ranging, spanning through the history of art. 

breasts - terracotta - Corinth

breasts of Astarte - marble - Canaanite

breast - terracotta

uterus (two views) - terracotta

uterus, breast, ear, eye - terracotta

vulva - terracotta - Etrusco-Roman - 200 BCE-200 CE

arm, foot, uterus, ears, eye - terracotta

hair - marble, probably Roman, 200 BCE-400 CE

hair/scalps - terracotta & painted terracotta - Roman - 200 BCE-200 CE

group of marble votives - Greek