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In 1914, French Symbolist painter Odilon Redon painted a monster watching a sleeping woman.
But "The Cyclops" isn't a horror painting. It's a tragedy.
Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, fell in love with the sea nymph Galatea. She rejected him. Mocked him. Chose a mortal shepherd instead.
So Polyphemus killed her lover. And was left alone. Forever. With nothing but his unreturned love.
Redon didn't paint a monster. He painted heartbreak. Loneliness. The pain of loving someone from the outside.
This is the gentlest painting of a Cyclops ever created. And the saddest.

🎨 TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - The Monster Who Watches
0:45 - The Painting Itself
2:30 - The Myth of Polyphemus and Galatea
5:00 - Why Redon's Vision Is Different
7:00 - Why We Relate to the Monster

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