Listening-2

I sat down in the studio to work one day. I didn’t have a clear plan, but I started by working from a recent figure drawing I had done, and this pose began to emerge. I saw her, tilting her head to listen, eyes closed, shoulders pushed forward, and hands together, as she leaned, perhaps, into some unseen melody pulling at her heart.

“An artist is not someone who draws or paints. An artist is someone who sees and hears what others do not see or hear.”