Sunday, April 17, 2005

"Shadows of Immortality"

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Sitting in Burger King. The shadows are lenghening in the parking lot, but that doesn't mean it's getting late. It just means the sun is low. Then I look at the lady sitting with her husband a couple tables away. The sun and its shadows take on a metaphoric appearance. Shadows lengthen and the sun is low, but it's a long time still before midnight when the sky is at its darkest and from where, if the earh ceased to rotate, there will be no return. The artist smooths the shadows thus slowing the process, and replaces the plumpness of features that once cast thicker shadows.

But the shadows continute lenghening, and things long undone remain undone. In the lenghtened shaddow he begins to know they will not be done; not until the earth turns on its axis and new days begin.

6 comments:

  1. I like the quickness of this one. There's something sad about her eyes too. I always try to imagine a story behind people. You captured it with a sketch.

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  2. Shadows can definetly change one's perspective. This totally matches 'Reinvent'.

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  3. What is the old saying "I'm only a shadow of what I use to be."

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  4. like the quickness too and the gestural quaality to your pencil line. Wonderful expression you've captured, very "alive" on the page.

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  5. There seem to be volumes hidden behind the intensity of her facial features - you captured a depth of character that was begging to be explored further.

    Nice work - very thought-provoking!

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  6. I like that her hair is natural. This is a woman who does not have either time or means to groom or pamper herself. She's prioritized, and what's on the table for her is grittier than a professional haircut or a little gel. It's shoulders like hers that hold things up out of the sight of retail consumption and vacation jaunts. People like her don't usually get top billing; thanks for the look into the underbelly. Van Gogh, Rembrandt, da Vinci, they all had sketchbooks capturing these burdened faces for use in the sides of their paintings. A respectful glimpse of the unvarnished.

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