Beauty is Convulsive: The Passion of Frida Kahlo

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A biography of the author and a listing of her books

Other fictional Fridas

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She draws. She draws a door — of breath — breathes on the pane the glass and draws — a door — an O spells polio. Six years old.

She draws. She dreams. Walks with her father again. River of glass. To the river of — collecting bits of this and that to examine later under the microscope. To hold. Shells and plants and stones to draw. All is

votive: vision.

Drawn to the swirling. Live your life.

And her beloved papa photographs her and she adores — makes love to the lens even then.

Live your life.

Embrace the life you’ve been given.

Your grave image. Even then. All is

Votive: desire.

And Tina Modotti will photograph you. And Lucienne Block will photograph you. Edward Weston. Nickolas Muray. Lola Alvarez Bravo.

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