Padmini Ck Review of El David
Dumbstruck!! No point expressing or describing. On...
Dumbstruck!! No point expressing or describing. One has to see it. Still, I'm going to give it a shot. My words are simple and comes from a depth of feeling.
Only second to my being with my son on this trip to Italy, to Cinque Terre, Napoli, Pompei, a drive along the Amalfi Coast, Positano and Rome what made my heart skip several beats and took my breath away was Michelangelo's David!!! A absolutely Perfect teenaged (?) naked shepherd boy, ready to swing the stone, held lightly in his right palm, with the sling which is hanging over his left shoulder, barely visible to anyone in front of him!! The positioning, balance posture, ease of stance, frowning brows, eyes focused sidelong, the seeming plan in his mind, perhaps the certainty in his aim, almost surely the determination written all over in every perfectly sculpted muscle... It's got to be seen to believe...
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