Status Updates From Restoration

“Among the letters, we found the cruel, macabre photograph of the leng tch’e torture method, death by a thousand cuts: a square packed with onlookers and three men holding the prisoner’s bonds as the executioner amputates his left leg. Laid open like a star, the bones of his thorax exposed, the prisoner smiles serenely; his eyes look skyward, lit up in quiet surrender to the relief of death....”

Wtf

“The photograph shows a body being dismembered.”

Sweet first line

omg Min get UP and cease this undignified circus of pining for an asshole you’re better than that!

Debes tener mirada de bisturí —señaló su ojo derecho y tiró del párpado inferior—, debes aprender a cortar con la mirada antes de cortar con la cámara.

Al cobijo de aquellos troncos mutilados descubrí el milagro de dar forma útil a la materia. Lo vegetal abandonaba su naturaleza montaraz para domesticarse en formas geométricas; se estilizaba en siluetas finas y superficies perfectamente lisas, en patas torneadas, en molduras de pecho de paloma.