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Suzanne asked this question about Station Eleven:
It seemed as if it had become a tradition that if you killed someone, you tattooed a mark on your arm. Why would that have happened? Why would it be something you would want people to know about you?
Melanie If you have killed someone, you have already been deeply marked by the act. To me, the tattoos seem to be a way of making visible the invisible wound;…mǰIf you have killed someone, you have already been deeply marked by the act. To me, the tattoos seem to be a way of making visible the invisible wound; the body is altered to reflect that the soul has been altered. Kirsten in particular carries these memories and feels the echoes of their deaths with her.(less)
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