  Online nowEzreader- Annelise is a 37 year old woman in a relationship from Reading Between The Lines, California, USA.
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Altruism Wears Prada: Bookish Fashionista, Existentially-Inclined Aesthete, Rule-Breaking Empath: a lover of the arts, literature, and smart humor...an explorer of the nature of human consciousness...of psychology, philosophy, and sociology...a lot kooky and a little crazy (or possibly the other way around)...a devoted practitioner of yoga, vegetarianism, and shoe aquisition...
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Unless otherwise attributed, all original written word by © Annelise 2007, 2008
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Sandra Flood "Tuesday's Child" (She Is Not ~A): This painting is so powerful for many reasons. One is its absence of color; it is painted simply in umber, black, and white. I am speculating that this may have been the underpainting for a final work which Flood intended to "complete" by adding color to. So-called happy accidents are often an artist's best friend, if the artist is astute enough to recognize a gift beyond her intended vision. Upon seeing the result of her subject without color, she may have decided she had found the voice of this work. The absence of color breeds an ominous presence in the painting that would never have been with color. The brushwork is delicious. The strokes are so apparent: bold and quick, decisive and frenetic. This painting is stunning in its force. The girl confronts the viewer. She engages the viewer. (continued)
There is such an unsettling connection between what is a representation of a person, and the flesh and blood viewer. The girl appears to come to life, hovering just above the surface of the canvas. She is telling the viewer things with her eyes and speaking with her mind. I wonder if the girl sat for the artist, or if Flood painted from a photograph. The interpersonal dynamic is so intense that it would be interesting if it came from the girl in the moment or if it was more interpretive on Flood's part. I need to know what or whom the girl is seeing, so I can know what she needs or wants. Then again, who she is, exists in each of our minds. And what she wants or needs is a refelction of the self. She is each of us. (But I think know what you want little girl, you want to be set free. You might even want to live in color.)
Another Day's Girl
~Annelise 2008
The child asks a question,
"What is full of woe?"
Oh. She does not like the answer.
She wants to be the fair of face.
Or full of grace.
Those were better, and of course she is those things.
And more.
The child was told it was a silly rhyme,
"A day of the week
Cannot define you."
Oh. She wants to believe this.
Born on the cusp of woe and far to go.
The child hangs her head and keeps walking.
A woman's shoes are hard to fill.
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