Pygmalion

A friend once asked Aristide Maillole why the figure of La Montagne has its hand raised. Maillole replied that it was to protect her from the wind, of course. Something about that story reminds me of myself, but I can't tell if it's because I'm more like the artist or his art. I have to admit the gesture of protecting yourself from something you cannot feel is an attractive one. Any gesture of vulnerability is, I suppose, but especially those that are gestures pure, without the underpinning of true intent.