I saw this man--long grey, frizzy hair and scruffy grey beard,
wearing a forest green toque and John Lennon glasses,
plodding along in the cold rain today as I drove down a street near my daughter's school(had just dropped her off at noon for her 7 hour rehearsal).
He wasn't really wearing any rain gear other than a blue windbreaker jacket and heavy work boots and the knit cap. He seemed resigned to being thoroughly drenched since he wasn't exactly hurrying along the sidewalk,
just walking with a grim determination as the raindrops pelted him.
As soon as I saw him, I wanted to write a poem about "The Old Hippie In The Rain".
Then, just after I passed him, The Cure's "Inbetween Days" came on the car radio and the lyrics,
Yesterday I Got So Old I Felt Like I Could Die
Yesterday I Got So Old It Made Me Want To Cry
And now, ten hours later , I still remember that and I've tried to draw from what I remembered, what he looked like (instead of a poem).
7 comments:
Tina, this drawing looks gorgeous! You've captured this old man perfectly.
Claudia,
It is just a sketch that I wish I could have done better at drawing this man(he was taller in real life, while my drawing makes him seem gnome-like), but thank you!
:-)
So great! The Cure was my college soundtrack...
I saw a hitchhiker on Saturday. When was the last time you saw someone brave enough to do that. And for a moment I thought of picking him up....like we did back in the '70's with no crime or problem. He was like this man in the photo. Then Ted Bundy went through my head and I drove by him.
But for some reason while I know to keep driving was the right thing to do in 2011 it still bothers me that it is.
Love the picture. You are an awesome artist!!
love the sketch. you really are very talented...not only w/ the pic but in describing the man : )
This is fabulous... I love that you captured this character in a sketch even later on, from memory!
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