Oil on canvas, in progress, 12”x10”
hyperbolic plane, view from behind the silver screen, large hands and rope.
Doe eyed patrons watch the person lead the cow. Mu! Some color.
I’m walking away, maybe. Walking away from the guy walking the sacred cow. Walking away from the people watching the sacred cow led away by the midcentury leading role player.
Dream of watching audience watch a movie on the screen, view from behind screen, quick study. I picked an old style theater with a horseshoe balcony section and a private box on the wall. The character is handling a rope absentmindedly. The cow and the character are, of course, watching something none of us can see.
The foreground audience member starts out as Marlon Brando, eyes lidded, docile, bored. Horseshoe shaped balcony freehand. The image walks through the audience for only a moment, in the smoke from a few dozen lit cigarettes.
Gave the apparition a human face. Added spots of color. Dressed the interior. I’m finished. EDIT: Nope.
I’m clumsy with the spirit rope. It passes right through people.
The spirit guid draws the rope through your life. I cannot understand what the spectator makes of the film. There’s a glow.
Fifty State Banana 