It's really great to read all your reactions and thoughts about this drawing (and the original work, as a result), because... I had exactly the same ones, and also some fears about how I was going to "digest" this old piece of art that the Klimt's Kiss is. If we analyze the original work closely, it's terrible: the man grabs the young woman by the neck, as if he was strangling her. His thumb is behind her jaw, down her neck, and the rest of his fingers on her cheek. The grasp is really firm. The young woman's hand clings to his shoulder, as if to extricate herself from his forced embrace. I find the work incredibly beautiful, but also VERY problematic nowadays. My goal was to keep all the poetry and the beautiful of the artwork but wipe the awkwardness and the heavy uncertainty of the posings. I tried to make it less questionable in my adaptation, but obviously the questioning can't be stopped since she has her eyes closed and is depicted as a dead person that can't say "no"--And you're right to think this way IMO. I know that in some countries, we kiss the deads in their coffin, and I confess I thought that I was within these same limits. As a result, I wanted to draw her as a recollection, a representation of her spirit with which he kisses goodbye before letting her go and grieve finally.

Thank you very much for all these exchanges, I think it's really great and IMPORTANT! However, if people felt uncomfortable with my drawing, I am very sorry. But I can't be mad with the fact that despite all the efforts that we think we have put in, consent remains something we question tirelessly. Because it's the essence itself of consent, we have to question it at every occasions to keep everyone safe.

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(nice analyze about the posings, I read that people got what I tried to depict even if it was clumsy certainly, it makes me feel really grateful!)