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Helen

$500

“Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great, Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn?”

— William Butler Yeats, No Second Troy

Canvas with hand-generated gilding and embroidery. Imagery reflective of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder. Gold detailing follows the Circle of Fifths — a tonal architecture mirroring the diagnosis.

Borderline Personality Disorder · 8 × 8 in