Art Explained by a Writer: Meditation (1885)
Of course I’m not meditating. What daft person said that?
I’m sitting here with my coat on, my hat on, and I’ve even put my gloves on. Even a child can see I’ve had enough. I’ve been sitting here for at least an hour waiting for that bloke to finally be ready to leave. It’s always the same old whinge with him. His dawdling is wearing me out. He never gets a move on, and then he just complains that men always have to wait for women.
I can barely keep my eyes open and my left artificial eye could roll out at any moment.
Just a moment, he calls out, then the portrait will really be finished.
The clock strikes again and I let out a deep sigh. Going out with him? I’ve had enough of that.
‘I’m leaving,’ I announce as I stand up. The chair is far from comfortable. I’ll go out on my own, and if I have a good time, I won’t be coming back for the time being.
He doesn’t react as I stumble towards the door. His relationship with the easel and the brush is closer than it is with me.
15-3-2026
Painting: Meditation (1885) - public domain
Painter: William Merritt Chase
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I imagined the man there busy and her making that famous "Huuuuuum" sound. She's right to decide to leave alone so the man will miss her. Well, I think he will miss her, hahaha. In fact, she's NOT his priority.
Or no sound at all, just thought, a lot of thinking and who knows one day he asks: Why didn't you tell me how you felt?
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@wakeupkitty
It's easy to see how he feels, just look at his expression.
Of course, he will miss her once his clothes aren't washed and there's no dinner on the table, no coffee served and no one to listen to his ... words. LOL
LOL! It sounds like he’s only useful for finishing that portrait. You can’t expect much from someone who loves their paintbrush more than anything else! You should definitely leave him to his easel and go back to your own paintbrush
He only is if he sells the painting for a good price otherwise he will only cost money since he invest in expensive canvas, paint and brushed and not in the a good chair and his servant. LOL
Yeah, there's a lot of material he has to buy. He may even want to ask you to sponsor him. LOL
And the same counts to those living their car and bike most or the job.
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"I'm going to explode like a thousand tons of TNT" (c)
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"Сейчас взорвусь как тыщща тонн тротила" (с)
Let's see how soon that will happen and who explodes first... TNT you say... let's check what I can find. LOL
These are the words from a song by Vladimir Vysotsky :)
El pintor desea plasmar la imagen de la chica en su lienzo, pero ella está "agotada". Él lo sabe. Quizás por eso decidió colocarle a la obra "La meditación", pues los pensamientos verdaderos a veces suelen ocultarse con un gesto o con una palabra. Me encantó leerte. Un abrazo.
Let’s hope she managed to get the title of the painting before she left to finally go and put the flowers outside. Whether that was even possible after she struggled to pull herself up from that awful chair is another matter. It’s a very uncomfortable position and certainly not a cosy sofa like the ones grandfathers usually have (and I… LOL.).
Now that I think about it, who knows, perhaps he only promised to go out with her to get her to sit still.
Hahaha. That armchair certainly doesn't look comfortable, hehe. Indeed, sometimes we promise things we won't keep just to appease others, hahaha.
Jajaja. Ciertamente, el sillón no parece cómodo, jeje. En efecto, a veces prometemos cosas que no vamos a cumplir para aquietar a los demás, jajaja.