mo-
tionless-
e-
motion-
less; and yet-
there's... twink-
ling
there, it...
seems, mayhaps
it's just the light
playing tricks-
and yet...
her
wry eyes
smile, knowing
our eyes
are
admir-
ing-
Twiglets #313
#TankaTuesday
Colleen Chesebro offers us the painting (1892) by the American portrait artist John Singer Sargent of Lady Agnew of Lochnaw as inspiration for our syllabic poems this week.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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Kind of like the famed ‘Mona’… there’s an unshared secret the artist captured along with your words 🙂
💖🙏🏻 Jules 🙏🏻💖 ~ I hadn’t thought of that! But with Mona, it’s supposed to be the smile, right?
Oh… the eyes of Mona are said to follow one around a room… the smile is a whole different issue 🙂
From the net :…”And of course, there’s that creepy but iconic characteristic of Mona Lisa’s eyes seemingly following the viewer wherever they go. The weirdly intimate attribute is a result of da Vinci’s mastery of shadows and light, and while he wasn’t the first one to implement the technique, many people refer to the illusion as the ” Mona Lisa Effect.”
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You can see that look in her eyes the artist caught it beautifully as did your verse 💜
💗🙏🏻 Willow 🙏🏻💗 ~ thanks!
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I really love this focus on her eyes!
💝🙏🏻 Luanne 🙏🏻💝 ~ thank you!
~David
I love your take on her eyes, David! She definitely looks confident. Great poem!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
🤎🙏🏻 Yvette 🙏🏻🤎