picture the predicament

picture the predicament. she is shy,
working-class, poor, with a secret desire to
become a star, he is needy, inferior, blue-collar,
and a legend

the setting, his studio in Paris

two of the most beautiful illuminating descriptive mechanisms,
they will produce with each other,
will become among the most famous in the world

disgusted and enraged over being notorious,
he described it later, his first reaction was
a burning heat in his brain, a pain so
intense it kept him awake for days.

then, though, he reconsidered. "I felt pleased,"
he wrote, "that I might now make a better beast
than before”

and though understanding may have given way to the
hipster trends, the wisdom of countless
generations, all agree that traditional methods continue to
be superior tools for people seeking to discover themselves

if you find that hard to believe,
consider that many people continue to believe