[from James Elkins's The Object Stares Back, 1996]
The abstract machine of faciality is rooted in the body, and parts of it are repeated, strewn across the body's surface. The anus, the urethra, and the vagina were once called the "other face": an appropriate name for mock eyes, noses, and mouths. The armpits are blind, failed faces, and the navel is a partial face.
The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing
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