!!!!!!!!!!!Determined!for!answers!I!went!back!to!painting.!With!each!organ!and!body!part!I!sacri9iced!I!became!more!skilled.!With!my!two!legs!gone,!I!was!able!to!recreate!the!Mona!Lisa!from!my!lungs,!Picasso's!old!man!with!my!stomach,!Klimt's!kiss!with!my!liver!and!so!on.!Passed!using!myself!to!recreate!others!I!began!to!create!art!no!one!had!seen.!My!intestines!were!large!enough!to!paint!a!mural!of!a!little!child!picking!a!9lower!in!a!9ield!of!rubble!and!decomposing!corpses.!With!my!kidneys!I!created!a!cityscape!where!the!windows!of!buildings!were!notes!to!a!song!greater!than!anything!anyone!has!ever!heard.!My!evisceration!was!the!key!to!creating!my!life's!masterpiece.!!

! I!turned!my!head!back!around!and!saw!more!faces!clearly.!I!was!no!longer!able!to!see!my!family!because!I!was!so!9ixated!on!the!faces!of!strangers!and!people!I!have!encountered!in!my!life!but!never!talked!to.!They!had!all!showed!up!for!me!because!they!wanted!to!see!the!amazing!work!I!was!creating.!In!that!moment!I!felt!all!the!parts!of!my!body!that!I!destroyed!on!stage!were!worth!it!to!see!all!these!people!pay!me!their!attention.!I!was!elated!with!the!thought!that!in!the!future!these!people!would!love!me,!and!that!my!creation!would!live!on!to!be!loved!by!more.!!

! The!prospect!of!being!loved!motivated!me!to!further!mutilate!my!body!for!the!sake!of!creating!this!art.!After!all!I!was!left!with!was!my!heart!and!my!arm,!I!realized!how!much!of!the!wall!still!remained!white.!In!a!9it!of!denial!I!dipped!my!brush!into!my!heart!in!an!effort!to!conceal!all!the!white!that!remained.!after!realizing!that!there!was!almost!nothing!left!of!me!to!paint!with!I!decided!I!had!to!9inish.!The!brush!took!over!and!swallowed!what!was!left!of!my!right!to!draw!a!frame!around!everything!I'd!done!and!signed!my!name!at!the!bottom.

Carlo&Reyes

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