Oct 31, 2011: Stones with Faces

[CaliforniaMama]

Originally Posted by wolf

I'm just going to go right out on a limb and suggest someone with a major mental illness lived in that house at some time.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

The burying to me suggests the desire to put it out of one's mind, to get rid of it but not in a destructive way.

That was my first impression, too.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I'm picturing a person--probably a woman--who has a difficult time with anger, or anxiety, and has been taught to habitually "bury" whatever issue is bothering her at a given time.

My image is a bit different.

I picture a male (in overalls), not quite a "man," who buried them surreptitiously. Maybe embarrassed, or to hide them, or to keep them safe in a "taking care of them" kind of way.

I can imagine them being painted as the happy souls of people who were possibly hurt in some way by the painter. He was sorry he hurt them or wanted to remember them in their happy, or nomal, way.

Or, maybe they are just people he loved and admired, but in a quiet, shy way.

(Ooooh, my imagination is running away with me!)

It feels very 1940-1950ish to me. Maybe even earlier.

I wonder if we'll ever know?

It is fun to see the different impressions we all have!