Yesterday I painted another 40x60" of the two women who are waiting in the refuge. I let the mother/older women be all drippy and enigmatic because I just read that Simone de Bouvier said, "If a woman gives herself 'consent' to growing older, she is changed into a 'different being', one who is more herself, one who is complete". Unlike their first world sisters, these women are not fighting the aging process, or trying to stay forever young, they are fighting to stay alive and help their loved ones.
Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Friday, October 8, 2010
People With No Names - The Undocumented #25
Yesterday I painted another 40x60" of the two women who are waiting in the refuge. I let the mother/older women be all drippy and enigmatic because I just read that Simone de Bouvier said, "If a woman gives herself 'consent' to growing older, she is changed into a 'different being', one who is more herself, one who is complete". Unlike their first world sisters, these women are not fighting the aging process, or trying to stay forever young, they are fighting to stay alive and help their loved ones.
Monday, September 13, 2010
When I was being shown the women's refuge I noticed colorful laundry being dried outside of the apartment building. I snapped a quick picture as I kept following the person showing me around. It wasn't til I got home that I realized what a hopeful gesture it is to simply do laundry. The women are flying their 'prayer flags'...they are saying that there is a future (despite all the hardship and rejection) and they will need clean clothes to walk into it.
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