Outside the day is pearl gray. Inside questions about the art travel to and fro between myself and the editor.
Jackie: " Do you think she should be giving him something or just touching fingers?
Will keep her hair twining."
Tessa: " I think just touching fingers is lovely – her manifesting to the little boy is the gift."
Through my head a mantra, the voice of the child in the painting, when he is grown.
Child: " Once, in my dreams, I touched the hand of a mermaid. And that has made all the difference."
Have I been in the studio for too long that I imagine the characters from the book have a life outside its pages?
3 comments:
If we are good artists or story-tellers, we *are* the characters we draw.
oh no, the characters developing a life of their own is what lends a special magic to the best stories! what a lovely gift the mermaid gave him.
Tessa was so right and your portrayal makes time stand still.
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