It is more than just a tale of an artist-subject infatuation Ripple is a character study of Martin, the artist, in the confines of his vacuum of a world. Ripple is the complete recounting of Martin’s obsession with his subject Tina and their resulting relationship: their meeting, their physical encounters, and their end.
He physically longs for her and simultaneously hungers for her love. His obsession is both carnal and transcendent. Regardless of Tina’s lackluster, almost grotesque image and persona, Martin becomes completely infatuated with her, in a suffocating and overwhelming way that he cannot understand. She is completely hedonistic in her philosophy of behavior. She lacks the ability to consider the feelings of others. Tina’s personality does not have much to allure either. She has the most peculiar canines, almost like those of a dog. Tina, by no means, is a physically attractive woman. In trying to muster up any piece of inspiration, Martin decides that his grant will produce paintings for an exhibit tritely titled, “The Eroticisim of Homeliness.” What begins as a dull concept of trying to paint conventionally unattractive women in an erotic light spirals rapidly out of control when Martin meets his first model, Tina. Upon the notice of an unexpected grant award, Martin’s stupor of indifference quickly ends.
After failed attempts at making underground comics, his entire existence has morphed into a cotton candy malaise as he spends his days illustrating facile children’s books for a post-Barney generation.
Martin, the narrator of our story, is an uninspired illustrator.
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