Egon Schiele, Seated Male Nude
In the studio, shadows stretch and sprawl across the easels; a pale array of colours mottles the torn and hanging canvases. The air eats the morsels of food that remain, while coffee colors the palette itself. And after darkness engulfs the room, light bulbs bulge into brightness, and the shadows cleave to their corresponding objects, caressing the extensions of themselves. Hands and feet, once numb, dull into nubs at his concentration, vermilion, over the days, spiders the whites of his eyes. He draws quick, ascetic breaths, not drawing—but flaying the paper, carving figures into existence. He climbs from his seat, palming his protrusions. I am fierce and angular. Andrew Hanson Andrew Hanson is an English Literature student at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. His work has appeared three times in his college literary magazine. He was born and raised in Miami, Florida and grew up careening around the Caribbean—catching fish and spearfishing. As of late, he has turned his attention to Medieval Literature and Philosophy, studying as a visiting student at Oxford University.
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