07 Grotesque

from Contact by Walther's Wallpaper

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I felt beautiful looking at you. I thought I knew you loved me. I became used to people looking away, kindly avoiding my face, but not you. With your chisel and hammer in hand you spent days trying to understand how lines and shapes related to make my face. Because of the way you shamelessly studied me, I assumed you felt empathy and knew that this marred body had made my soul.
You saw my twisted and ruined form as an artistic metaphor for man’s stupidity, cruelty, weakness, and lack of virtue. The mind is a work of art carved by life’s scars. I think you know you cut me deep. I was a fool to believe that you loved me, but it’s hard to kill dreams. I know it’s not easy to love ugly things but I wanted your love too badly to see the truth. Seiu entartete kunst! Will you feel guilty when they come for me and stand your sculpture in that gallery? Will you feel sorry after they’ve burned us both?

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from Contact, track released November 20, 2012
Ian Troester-Solbrig

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Walther's Wallpaper Idaho

Named after the inventor of the optical planetarium (W. Bauersfeld), Walther's Wallpaper presents dark and comical stories from history, art, and imagination in the form of danceable songs. Sibling duo Ian and Chloe danced to the beats of a Casio SA-8 before they started keeping their own memories. They wear more clothes now. ... more

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