The Delacroix is the source of a reverie, in text and images, about the shock of illness and the realisation of the impotence of desire. The experience of loss of control, of having a failing body that refuses to obey one's instructions, is shown from the perspective of a legendary Assyrian king.

The Delacroix is the source of a reverie, in text and images, about the shock of illness and the realisation of the impotence of desire. The experience of loss of control, of having a failing body that refuses to obey one's instructions, is shown from the perspective of a legendary Assyrian king.

the comic is inspired by Delacroix's la mort de Sardanapale in the Louvre

The Delacroix is the source of a reverie, in text and images, about the shock of illness and the realisation of the impotence of desire. The experience of loss of control, of having a failing body that refuses to obey one's instructions, is shown from the perspective of a legendary Assyrian king.

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