JM

Powder. 

Edward Scissorhands. 

Edgar Allen Poe. 

Beauty and the Beast. 

Phantom of the Opera.

I think Michael was challenged all of his life (and he challenged us also) to explore the nature of ugliness. What is Ugly really? Is it a higher state of beauty that we can't see because we're blind by our own prejudices and fears? Isn't the ugliness in our hearts and souls far more disfiguring and repellent than what we are taught to think of as 'other = ugly'?

Consider the photo of Michael with the very big Tarantula anchored to his face. I was initially repelled but Michael seemed to be saying, Don't look away. Is this really ugly? I am ONE with this creature.