This work clearly imitates one of Leonardo da Vinci’s most renown sketches, whereby I drew both man as well as his unseen skeleton. It was my impression that an important part of the Vitruvian Man sketch was the accompanying text. So, I wanted to add my own text for my picture and adapt it visually.
It is not particularly legible, nor is it intended to be, due to being written with one unending line. The text reads:
This is a man. A human man. A man who spreads his arms like a bird.
He is a man. A man unlike birds. A man without feathers or wings.
A caged bird. A man in a cage. A bird who is not a bird but a man.
This is a man. Just a man.
What is it you see?
Within his skin, he stands hidden. Trapped by chains of gold he
cannot see. His reach confined. His sight unbound. Uncertain
longing burdened by his bony treasures, not given, nor stolen.
A wish to be strong. A wish to be free. A wish to walk… away.