Be STILL my Lips!
By Ashley Jataun Moore
5.13.12
Every time I rehash
My countenance falls
From within
Graying
Smoked lungs
The feeling of all coffee and no water
Sick
Within
Why do I keep talking
When He has already told me
To be still
Still yourself my lips
For you trouble my heart
I love this painting,but what do the buttons mean. Why do a few of the lips have buttons? Why don't the other lips have buttons?
ReplyDeleteThe piece is called Chatterbox, representative of not being able to hold "it" in...wanting to be quiet sometimes...possibly needing to be quiet sometimes...but "stuff" still spilling out. Some lips are FREE and carefree (talking freely). Some are sealed (buttoned perfectly...keeping "it" in). Other lips have buttons off-centered (words, thoughts, feelings leaking out...not able to hold it in). Some lips are WIDE open (as if to say, "forget holding it in; here's what's on my mind/in my heart to say...").
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