Love is an action
Media: Chalk pastel, oil pastel, pencil crayons
As we all know, February is known for Black History Month but it is also when we celebrate Valentines Day. This artwork was inspired by a couple in their late 80’s. They’ve been together for many years now. Today is their anniversary and the man still finds his wife as young and radiant as when he met her all those years ago. They sit down together to watch TV together. They don’t really like any of the shows and they don’t pay much attention. In fact, they sit there complaining about the bad acting in the Big Valley and how Dr. Phil doesn’t ever know how to really help anyone. I couldn’t figure out why they did this for the longest time, but when I started sitting down and listening to them, I realized that they have so much fun cracking jokes back and forth and making sarcastic remarks about how the actors’ daddies must have payed to produce the shows or how any girl that falls in love with the Cartwright boys in Bonanza either dies or has to move away. They aren’t entertained by what’s on TV. They just love sitting together every day and finding ways to make each other laugh. Let this be an inspiration to those young couples out there. One of the first things that comes out of young people’s mouths when they’re in love. FOREVER. And that’s cool, it’s all good-until you get old enough to realize what forever is.
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Tags: Poetry/Art
