I am simultaneously so happy and so frustrated...Happy because I am sculpting, frustrated because of life and its ups, downs, and curveballs...I've had a piece in my head for a while now and it seems fitting to have started working on it... Above is a study for Coup de grâce, a soon to be piece...
From wikipedia.com:
The expression coup de grâce (
/ˌkuː də ˈɡrɑːs/; French: [ku də ɡʁɑs], "blow of mercy") means a death
blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. The phrase
can refer to the killing of civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies,
with or without the consent of the sufferer. It is often used
figuratively to describe the last in a series of events which brings
about the end of some entity; for example: "The business had been
failing for years; the coup de grâce was the sudden jump in oil prices."In the context of an execution, it means shooting the heart or head (typically the back of the skull) of an already wounded, but not yet dead, person during a military or civilian execution. It can also refer to the near beheading that follows a samurai's seppuku.
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