The Sadist, Neurotic and Masochistic Life of Francis Bacon

<p>Yesterday, I saw a BBC Documentary on Youtube:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgrO5za0lSY" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence.</em></a><em>&nbsp;</em>I have been postponing this for the longest time ever. The glimpses of a few of his violent artworks consciously kept me away.</p> <p>But after spending the weekend reading a cathartic book by Suleika Jaouad&rsquo;s<em>&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50743767-between-two-kingdoms" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted</em></a>, I felt sad and empty.</p> <p>While I might not discuss why I felt that way, but for now, my desperation took me to this documentary.</p> <p>I won&rsquo;t say that I liked watching Bacon&rsquo;s extremely broken and fragile life but it certainly unraveled the tumultuous relationships in his life.</p> <h2>Disturbing childhood</h2> <p>Francis Bacon was born in 1909, in an Irish rabid protestant family. He had difficult dynamics with his father since childhood. His father was a veteran and a racehorse trainer. He was always angered by Bacon&rsquo;s effeminate gestures and dressing. A story emerged that once Bacon was caught by his father wearing his mother&rsquo;s underwear, he was whipped by his father&rsquo;s stable boys.</p> <p>In turn, Bacon developed sexual relations with the stable boys. The first of many incidents exhibiting his masochistic behavior.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/counterarts/the-many-disturbing-mysteries-of-francis-bacon-2649128e3cc8"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>