Ahh, the anger of an artist who sees the work of another preferred to their own. Very human, very genuinely told. Then the skinny, mousy person whose appearance becomes unimportant when she takes up the brush and seeks to express the full dimension of human feelings. Quite conceivable that the paintbrush leads either to an unjust weapon or to healing self-knowledge. I like your choice of words, such as her lips not being as red as her anger.
You don't have to like a person yourself to love their art, do you?
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Good evening @erh.germany; I think this woman had to be unnamed, but I wonder if this meant that we see too many people in her, and that's leading to variable feelings on my part. I'll be honest, I wrote this piece very much feeling sorry for her, and thinking about her pain. However, the next day, I couldn't help think that she was a bit self-indulgent. Was the painting of the charcoal canvas about release, or intention to live in that pain? I don't know the answer.
I was quite chuffed with the 'lips not being as red as her anger' line too. Given the week's challenge was character building, I imagined the easy description would be the full red lips, and green eyes and freckles or blonde hair. I think this unnamed woman had to have plain and indistinct qualities and that's the image I tried to work towards.
Either way, I appreciate your engagement on my page, and the opportunity to reflect on my own piece. Have a fabulous weekend.
Tim
Good morning, from where I live,
I think one cannot see too many people in a character, for a creature like a human being can contain numerous of them at the same time, and also, witnessing someone else or trying to catch his situation, leads to different outcomes within different spacetimes. Like you so pointedly said that
I could read your story in a moment of misery myself, or take it as a nice morning routine to check up on what's there on the blockchain :) two (and more) possible different reactions are possible, if not probable.
There is nothing to say against sharing or having pain. As long as one doesn't stick endlessly to it :)
I invite you to read my take on the prompt. Curious, what you might say or see in it.
You too, have a fine weekend.
E.
P.S. very much so, the snob in me goes against direct character attributes, but sometimes the mind is lazy and let it slip through. Very well done on your part!