/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

And know that thou must contend with all thy might against this fault inasmuch as it is a defect which originated with the intellect; because the {120}spirit which governs thy body is that which is thine own intellect, and it is inclined to take pleasure in works similar to that which it accomplished in forming its body. And this is the reason that there is no woman, however ugly, who does not find a lover, unless she be monstrous. So remember to ascertain the defects of thy person and to avoid reproducing them in the figures thou dost compose.