Alasdair Gray
Inside, 2008
screenprint
76 x 56 cm
29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in
29 7/8 x 22 1/8 in
edition of 60
Published by Glasgow Print Studio
'Inside the box of bone, the parcel of flesh, under the helmet of that noble head, the figure of a naked woman stands, small, beautiful, obscenely mutilated. God knows she...
"Inside the box of bone, the parcel of flesh,
under the helmet of that noble head,
the figure of a naked woman stands,
small, beautiful, obscenely mutilated.
God knows she has achieved many things:
heart, spine, a brain to cap them,
the use of words and fire
till now, enshrined in ribs of dragon armour
all her weapons seem a weary weight,
her wounds not worth protecting."
under the helmet of that noble head,
the figure of a naked woman stands,
small, beautiful, obscenely mutilated.
God knows she has achieved many things:
heart, spine, a brain to cap them,
the use of words and fire
till now, enshrined in ribs of dragon armour
all her weapons seem a weary weight,
her wounds not worth protecting."
