I Am Not Alone
The night, it is deserted
from the mountains to the sea.
But I, the one who rocks you,
I am not alone!
The sky, it is deserted
for the moon falls to the sea.
But I, the one who holds you,
I am not alone !
The world, it is deserted.
All flesh is sad you see.
But I, the one who hugs you,
I am not alone!
–Gabriela Mistral
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Another newer piece. This smaller painting, a little over 5″ by 10″ on paper, is painted in the style of my earlier work. More subtle. More restrained. Simpler compositions and more space creating a greater coolness and airiness.
To me, the feeling of solitude.
I came across this poem by the great Chilean poetess and Nobel Prize winner, Gabriela Mistral, and felt it fit this piece, and many others of mine, very well. The sense of being alone yet not lonely is an important element in the way I look at my work and one that I sometimes struggle with for fear that it may alienate some who see being alone as only loneliness and not solitude. An important distinction and one that is often misunderstood.
But we who relish our solitary time understand.
Redtree Times 