Bitter Bitter

Inspired by one of my favourite poems:

In the Desert
by Stephen Crane [link]
In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter – bitter", he answered,
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."

I chose a pretty model instead of a 'beast' because I wanted to emphasise the way we sometimes let ourselves be overwhelmed by our emotions and end up 'eating our own heart' and like it.

Credits
Model 1
Mask 4 by AttempteStock

Model 2
ayot 1 by AttempteStock

Stock
burn me up by sull

heart yarn by Almasa-stock
Thorny Locust by Stock-by-Kai

Free blood splatter textures by
khaosdog
Backgrounds and Textures
Very blue sky and clouds by Sinned-angel-stock
STOCK BG 37 by MaureenOlder

landscape 27 by night-fate-stock
sky 6 by night-fate-stock
remember by CKdailyplanet
Old Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse
Dark Classic Texture Set by Shadowhouse
Entropy Texture Set by Shadowhouse
Layer Overlay/Mask Set by Shadowhouse
Brushes
Thorns by midnightstouch

Hair brush set by para-vine
All other images/textures/stock/brushes my own.

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