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skull
Skulls that stay alive — death as witness, companion, character.
Meaning
The mask that doesn't come off. Part of the fool/hero system — death as its fourth corner: witness, companion, the grin underneath.
Tyler, The Creator - CHERRY BOMB
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In the World
Sources and references beyond the archive. External artworks are flagged and credited.
- Death and Life Gustav Klimt, 1910–15
Death observing life — the whole human bundle under one watchful skull.
external source Death and Life — Gustav Klimt, 1910–15 - SKULL (bull drawing) attributed Jean-Michel Basquiat — identification unverified
Blue bull captioned SKULL; the word and the animal trading places.
external source SKULL (bull drawing) — attributed Jean-Michel Basquiat — identification unverified