STRANGERS I SEE

Have you ever driven down the street and seen people standing at a bus stop and wondered where they're going or what their life is like?

Have you watched cars passing by, or trains and thought about the life of those inside

How about your server at the restuarant who introduces himself.  What is his life like when he goes home?

I want to see them..really see them, not just nod or wave or smile.

How do I put this on a 2D surface?

Well, I've thought about this for many years.  I thought about making them invisible almost or eliminating parts of them or even just a blurring.

Now I"m going to experiment.  I've thought about seeing those no longer living as being behind a blue curtain.  You can see them in a blur but cannot touch.  Sometimes I think a hand or a foot sneaks out.  Sometimes I see them in my dreams....standing alone on an old deserted road, calling to me.  I always see my mother in the grey skirt and white blouse she wore so often.  I painted her once in watercolor, fading out the window into the background..

People look at artists and say "I could never do that" meaning the drawing technique.  When the real work is not the technique at all, but how it is translated from inside your head onto the paper.

I'm writing about this so that I will actually give it a try.  I hope some of you who read this will let me know if it is working, hat is if it makes you respond.  My finger is still numb and I don't know what it will do.  However, time is running out.  If I don't try now, I probably never will.

Stay tuned.