Ruth's Art

[Kaylis-Americanis]

I takes talent to make an old topic new again, nice work, I repeat once again.

[ruth]

Had to update my Gallery since I set my photobucket account to private some time ago and didn't realize my paintings were no longer viewable here. Haven't replaced all yet though.

[ruth]

The Hat

She said
"How do you like my hat?"
It was a catastrophe
but I couldn't tell her that.
I said
"It's perfect. It's so you.
I especially love that patch of tartan trim
and the sweet little lamb
grazing on the brim."
She beamed
as I knew she would.
A lie is best when the truth's not good.

Her hat in fact
looked like a three story house
with lots of windows
but no floor boards.

She was just a kid with who loved to sew
and had been working on it for hours.
With needle and thread she tacked
little straw flowers in places
real flowers would never grow.
They were all in a row
and in between she filled up the spaces
with faces
of people she would never know.

It was an act of contrition, that hat
and looked very much like a Picasso.
An abstract confession
of other people's sins.
She was too young
to have any of her own.
Cubism gone astray you might say
bumping into Claude Monet
and judging by those people
dancing on the roof
cavorting with Chagall along the way.

It grew on me
and so much so
my lie became the truth.
Day by day
it spoke to me in tongues
while she kept working on it.

Poem and drawing
by Ruth



The original version is multicolored. I like the black and white version better. I did this on MS Paint using my finger on the keyboard pad. I'm away from home and have only the computer to use when I'm feeling creative.

[Sophist]

I agree, the black & white one is cool.

Have you heard of the program Gimp? If you want a good drawing program that's free, I recommend it.

[ruth]

I agree, the black & white one is cool.

Have you heard of the program Gimp? If you want a good drawing program that's free, I recommend it.

I will give it a try. Thanks.

[Sophist]

I recommend reading the tutorials on it. I personally found just jumping right into it to be a bit confusing. But it can definitely do a lot more stuff than Paint.

[ruth]

I've been putting my poetry on videos. I've only done a few so far.

I've put my vids on private. My friend who is putting my poetry into a collection doesn't want me to post any more poetry on line, so since she is going to the trouble and expense to publish them, I have agreed.

[Sophist]

I'll need to come back and remember to play these when I'm not at working, doh!