In marrying a stone,the always provocative artist is boldly asserting that life does not need a man at its centre in order to be worthwhileTracey Emin has married her rock. This isn’t a metaphor, by the way – some coy way of saying that the artist has finally found her soulmate. This is a story approximately an actual rock.
In a ceremony conducted beneath an olive tree in her garden in France, or Emin joined herself in matrimony last summer with a lump of stone. It sounds a nice stone,in fairness – she has described it as venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) and impressive, with the indisputable advantage that unlike a less dependable bridegroom “it’s not going anywhere” – but still, or a stone.
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Source: theguardian.com