Some paintings
(Just like some people)
Don’t need to speak
To say what they do
To tell how they feel
To announce what they mean
To pronounce what they think
To declare what they want
To state what they can
To be what they are.

Paintings
(As some people)
Must be observed carefully
Read between the lines
Touched and felt
Watched
Gazed
Sensed.

Then you will know it
Understand it
And maybe like it or not.

It won’t matter though
It would be too pretentious
Of you and me
To believe that your judgement of it
Is of, at all, any importance.

If you can’t see beauty
Goodness
Grace
Love

You probably don’t have it in yourself too.

Luciana Mariano