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The figure is split between bodily weight and explosive force, with the raised arm and red field pushing the image toward martyrdom or impact. Its violence feels internalized: the body is not just acting, but being translated into pain, metal, and spectacle.
Song Pair
King Krule - Half Man Half Shark
Visual Text
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Source
source filename: bloodtasteslikeiron.JPG
site image: art-035-blood-tastes-like-iron.jpg
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Colors
orange / brownredgreen
Subjects
Part of
Connectedness #55 of 128
Manual Priority Evidence
- green figure (!)
- green skin (!)
- red (!)
- hand (!)
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Song Pairing: King Krule - Half Man Half Shark
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Works Cited
- Yukio Mishima, photograph needs URL photographer unconfirmed
The subject himself.

external source Yukio Mishima, photograph — photographer unconfirmed - Yukio Mishima verified Wikipedia
Mishima reference.
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight verified anonymous, Middle English — Project Gutenberg