Thank you, Kathy

Women in Art

Kathy Connor sent me a link to this today. Fascinating.

A few more…

master piece

She had skills,
Many practical skills.
She could draw and paint.
She had been trained.
She learned to drive and shop
And cook for herself.

And she lived like that,
Drawing and painting
Just what she saw.
But she couldn’t see much:
Just how things looked.

She never skinny-dipped on a July night,
Or caressed her own body in the shower.
She never climbed up to a high place
To scream for God to show Herself.

She never swore or smoked
Or let herself stop being careful.
She drew and painted little shapes
That stayed little shapes.

The Masterpiece hides between
the fibers of her canvas,
Hidden by expertly applied layers of gesso.

The little shapes wait to be arranged wildly,
Impatiently. Her body waits to be caressed.
Her skills wait to be abandoned.
Her life waits to be lived.