Random weirdness of the day

[lumineaux]

I stopped at Barnes & Noble today on the way home from visiting my grandfather in the hospital.  While there, I had occasion to use the ladies' room.  There was graffiti on the stall wall - but not the usual juvenile nonsense.  Someone (well, several someones apparently) had taken the time to write lengthy diatribes pro and con the war in Iraq on a bathroom wall in the ladies room.  The discourse wasn't too bad, either.  More informed than several TV "commentators" I could name.

The new user pic is from my cache of pre-Raphaelite clip art.  When I first glanced at the whole painting, it looked very cheerful and spring like.  Check it out here: http://www.artmagick.com/archive/artists/hacker/pic/10013.aspx
 But look more closely at the woman's face.  What is her mood supposed to be? Is she sad?  Contemplative? 

Comments

[lissa510.livejournal.com]

Also think about the title of this work of art..."the drone"

personally, i dont think she lookes cheerful, i think she looks sad a trapped.

but the flowers are pretty!

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

If you follow her line of sight (in the full painting), you can see that she's looking at a bee. I think that's the drone in question.

[janeelliot.livejournal.com]

It says to me, 'what am I doing in this life?'

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

This is not my beautiful life!

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

The word that comes to mind for that look is melancholy.

[beckishadow.livejournal.com]

She's dead. Someone just propped her up for the painting.

(Happy Spring!)

[beckishadow.livejournal.com]

Nope, I'm wrong. It's just some tall porcelain doll. :)

[caitlindancer.livejournal.com]

I'd say contemplative.

[rlg.livejournal.com]

to me, she's saying "my shoes hurt."

[math5.livejournal.com]

She's either pensive, or she tried some of them odd mushrooms.