Amazon 2 / Psychology 2 (Hair)
| Essella descends deeper into the powerful attraction of Aaron. It is sexual but more than that. It has to do with the hair of his body (her people are hairless except on their heads) which, like Nusala's painting, captures (without art) the curved and tangled nature not only of her river tribe but of humankind itself. Thus the appropriation of his hair to her hairless body in loving congress assumes large and multiple dimensions. |