A Work of Art

Part 1

Since young, Jack always admired art, even if they were famous or just a graffiti on the corner of the street. However, his favourite form of expression of thoughts was through sculptures. Jack used go to the nearby store to buy clay so that he could form different objects and express his thoughts. He felt this was a incredibly good way to express his thoughts as he was mostly restricted at home. His parents were always drunk and were very abusive to him. They often ignored him and showed no love. That was a big blow to Jack's life and the way he started looking at life. It was as if his brain started to filter the happiness out of everyone and only saw the negativity of everyone. This made him really really heartless. His first work of art was of course his parents'. It was a sculpture which represented a little boy getting hit by an unknown creature. Carefully put together using his parents' arms and legs, the centre focus of this piece was the bloody rope which tied the little boy onto the floor and that 'rope' was none other than his father's intestine. It was 21st birthday, on the 25th of October he made his first sculpture. Now he was 25 and had expressed his feelings through subsequent sculptures. From friends who bullied him to bosses who rejected his application for work.. And tonight was what he decided was as his final masterpiece. It was none other than a girl he had met while volunteering in the community. Tanya was around 1.6m tall with a beautiful hourglass body shape. Silky blonde hair with a stunning face. Basically she was an angel anyone could have wished for. She was also there doing community service and that's when Jack first met her.. He couldn't get her off his head and it was then he decided that it was time to make her his own, make her into something and keep her by his side at home. It was his way of expressing his love, through sculptures of course. However, another competitor call Richard was out there. He also seemed to have a liking for Tanya. Jack was not too fancy about this and knew he had to do something about Richard and that's why he was sitting in the car park of Block 121 in the dead of night. Like a crocodile patiently waiting for its target to sip water and touch it, Jack waited for Richard to come by. He first caught a glimpse of Richard, carrying a guitar and listening to music as he was walking on the road towards the block. It was time for Jack to strike. He turned keys and the engine of the Land Rover roared to life. He accelerated towards Richard and stopped right infront of him, thereby denying him access to continue. He got out of the car and waved at Richard. Richard was surprised to see Jack in the middle of the night. How did he even know that i'm living here was the first question that came across his mind. Upon seeing a sense of puzzlement in Richard's eyes, Jack knew he had to act fast. A blow to the back of his head will knock Richard out of conscious but the duration varies for every individual and Jack was not taking that risk. In a flash, he brought a cloth to Richard's face. Within seconds the magic of chloroform had acted on Richard and he was down. Jack firemen lifted Richard back to his car and brought him to what he called as the Haven. The Haven was a sacred place to Jack where he had displayed all of his works and they were all also made here. He believed that the Haven was well protected by the spirits of the people who had died there.. Looking at Richard's face, he knew he should not be wasting time making a sculpture on someone who doesn't deserve it... After all, Jack only had hate for Richard. He filled up his giant tank with strong concentrated sodium hydroxide. Jack would have used acid but they were not as effective as an alkali in inflicting pain.. He dropped Richard into the tank and was waiting patiently.. All he heard was muffles and then it was total silence. He slowly drained out the mixture of sodium hydroxide and human blood as a disfigured mass of spongy flesh remained.. He took this piece of flesh and washed it thoroughly using distilled water. After-which he prepared a pie using the flesh as a meat. He attached a note to the pie which read out, 'Hi it's me Richard; hope u enjoy the pie, i really loved you Tanya but now i'm in love with another person...' and Jack knew the exact person Richard was in love with and it was death. Jack then went on to send the pie to Tanya.. Now, he was all clear and it was time to focus on Tanya for his final masterpiece...

~JhinXLau