See Michelangelo's David in Florence

“Perhaps it was because Emily and I shared the room with only him and four security guards for an eternal three minutes. We were in the first morning time slot [...] the fates aligned so that we were the first people to enter the long room with the boy bathed in golden Florentine light at the end of it. We gasped on first sight. I had assumed that man-made David was, despite his fame, man-sized; the giant slayer, confined here since 1873, is actually more of a giant himself.”

“As I inched my way closer, there was a palpable sense of awe, of wonder. People crowded around, phones in hand, trying to take a piece of that perfection home with them. We were no different. That’s when I noticed his feet. At the base of that perfect body were feet that needed a pedicure. Seriously. Have a look. That’s when David, the live human David, reminded me that biblical David was a shepherd.”