Model "MA" Sitting Down

Transition

It goes slowly

Seems to last forever

Living in the moment

Drawing their attention

And then

It’s a memory

The transition

Seems to happen

Overnight

Sitting and waiting

Too much time for

Reflections in the mirror

Waiting it seems

To live in the moment

Again

Knowing the reflections

Draw more memories

Now

Than attention

This morning “MA” posed for a number of mostly quick sketches I did. The one included here reminded me of some of her poses from a year ago. I took some of the sketches I had done of her then and compiled them into a drawing, along with images of younger women. It was placed in a May 1, 2011 post titled “

Transition".

I had placed her with images of women she might have looked like, when she was very young. The words above were included in that post. I was remembering the previous drawing and the words. It is a little odd, how the smallest gesture, like “MA” sitting down, can spark a memory of these obscure thoughts, both the words and where she sat.

24”x 18” Sanguine on 65# paper