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Devin Barzallo CWRU Graduate Student School of Medicine
Cupid and Psyche The famous painting of Cupid and Psyche, housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art is a depiction of Cupid the god of love and Psyche embodies beauty. However Cupid can only visit Psyche at night on the condition that she doesn't see his face. Psyche is often associated with the butterfly symbol, or the symbol of the soul, and cupid is represented by bow and arrows. I put the bow and arrow in the vertebral body of the which takes most of the loads and protects the spinal cord and nerves as a representation of Cupid taking care of Psyche. I put the butterfly in the spinous process which serves as a site of attachment, to represent her attachment to Cupid. They are at the ends of the spinal cord, as Cupid and Psyche are at two opposing ends of idealized love.
