On the skull sketch along with a signature, the artist had written a dedication to the recipient "Nara", with the message "Love is Blind".

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It's the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me.

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Your love and support has sustained me and kept me grounded since the day we first met on a blind date in Bloomington, Indiana, 45 years ago.

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The result brought him back to earth, reminding him that Italians vote PdL for more complex reasons than blind love of its leader.

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