Re: The Dent

[chrisw@wwa.com (Chris Williams)]

Wieland writes:
>*** The Dent in KaTe's left Cheek ***

>It can be seen on many photos and videos and it often looks like a dent in
>her left cheek. But sometimes it disappeares. It's not always visible. It's
>particularly striking when SHE's smiling or laughing. 

   It's most apparent when she is grinning. One of my favorite images
is a close-up of Kate looking to one side. It appears to be from the
era of "Never For Ever". She is wearing the mother of pearl dove earrings
that were a particular favorite of hers (they are also seen in the
Pace poster where she is wearing a black velvet v-necked dress.)

   Here in the US we usually call this a "dimple". They are often considered
a mark of "cuteness". Shirley Temple had them. I'm away from home, and
typing this in on a text-only computer, so I have no images to check.
Oh, the photos from the "The Dreaming" era signing, where she was in the
shirt that said "I am a primidona...and you?" feature some really great
dimpled grins.

>In the Hammersmith
>video a white(?) spot (glitter?) can be seen at this position. 
>(This might support the extraterrestrial life-form hypothesis, but I'm not
>sure.)

   It's been a number of years since I've read them, but I seem to recall
Fred Vermoral quoting a school friend of Kate's mentioning that she was
embarressed by her dimple. This was probably just an example of the
adolescent ability to find *something* to hate about one's self.

   By the time of her tour, she probably had become comfortable enough
with herself to accentuate this "flaw".

>Cosmetic/Medical specialists? Any serious ideas?
>I can life without an answer, but whenever I see it, I'm wondering about
>this interesting broken symmetry. 

   Doesn't one Chinese artistic tradition hold that every art work must
have some flaw, no matter how small, to avoid perfection? Andy? 

>Anybody else noticed that?

   Constantly. :-)


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