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Lionel Mercier

The Great Struggle - struggle

I've translated the title "Le Grand Combat" of Henri Michaux as close as possible, but the text itself is untranslatable, using words not significant in French itself, significant only through its musicality.
Something like poems of Jim Morrison but even more surrealist...

This poem describe what you see:
a terrible struggle between two "creatures" with one's final advantage.
This one digging the belly of the looser...
Yes, something between Morrison and Tarantino, if you see ...

To speak about the piece itself, it's hawthorn guzzled by the worms, the winner is a shell-splinter of W W I.

Comments welcome
Friendly, Lionel.
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Hal Taylor
Lionel, your mind is working at a much higher level than mine can. Quite an interesting "struggle".
 
Michelle Rich
interesting sequence of pictures..it does look like a struggle for supremacy. Your english is very good..no apologies needed.
 

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