“large glass” by marcel duchamp is also known as “the bride stripped bare by her bridgesgrooms, even”. it is a sculpture that looks like a two-pane window with paper shapes, dust, and cracked glass.
preparing to die resembles preparing to become homeless, in a sort of spectrum of distress.
kink / BDSM tools resemble tools that injure people, in a spectrum of harm and autonomy. boots and dildos and a strap-on harness, not so scary. but electric toys and rope and collars made my therapist ask “why have you drawn rope? is this to hurt yourself?”. no. i have drawn rope because the extreme sensations and catharsis of kink prevent me (and others) from hurting myself.