SHE SITS WAITING IN THE WARM SUN, ARMS FOLDED UPON HER KNEE, AND HER HEAD RESTING ON HER SHOULDER. LIFTED UPON HER LEFT SHOULDER SHE CARRIES A HEAVY STONE. I COULD TELL SHE WAS A STRONG WOMAN, YET FEMININE, AND THE BURDEN SHE CARRIES ON HER SHOULDER IS A REPRESENTATION OF HER OWN DESPAIR. PERHAPS, A STIGMA PLACED UPON HER FROM SOCIETY, OR A GUILT SHE HAS CARRIED ALL HER YEARS.

HAS I MOVED CLOSER, I NOTICE THAT HER FACE IS ETCHED WITH EMOTION. HER EYES ARE SAD AND LONELY, HER LIPS PRESSED TOGETHER WITHOUT A SMILE. SHE IS ALONE WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE STONE, TIRED AND IN NEED OF STRENGTH. HER DESPAIR IS GREAT WHICH LEAVES HER ENERVATED WITH THE HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL LIFT HER TROUBLESOME BURDEN.

AS I VIEW THE CARYATID, I SENSE SHE COMMANDS RESPECT. SHE IS A PROUD LADY WITH COURAGE. LADEN WITH A HEAVY LOAD WHICH IS PART OF HER LIFE; SHE CARRIES IT WITHOUT COMPLAINT. SHE HAS A STRONG WILL AND A NEED TO KEEP LIVING. CARYATIDS INNER STRENGTHS ARE BEAUTIFUL. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS A SCULPTURE, HER EXPRESSION REVEALS UNSELFISH SACRIFICE, AND DETERMINATION.

CARYATID LIVES WITH SUCH FORCE, VIGOR AND FEMININE GRACE, THAT SHE COMES TO LIFE, NATURAL AND INTENSELY HUMAN. HER EXPRESSIONS ARE FULL OF CHARACTER, WITH A SPIRITUAL INTENSITY THAT TELLS THE TALE OF THE MINDS INNER WORKINGS. RATHER THEN THE POSE OF THE CARYATID, THE SOUL IS REVEALED.
 

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