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Jean Joan, A Modern Mona Lisa
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Original
Art © by Mary Beatty
PAINTING NOW THE PICTURE
I hope there'll be no picture
That I'll hate to look upon;
When the time to paint it better
Or to wipe it out is gone.
I hope there'll be no vision
Of a hasty word I've said
That has left a trail of sorrow,
Like a whip welt sore and red.
And I hope my old age dreaming
Will bring back no bitter scene
Of a time when I was selfish,
Or a time when I was mean.
When I'm getting old and feeble,
And I'm far along life's way,
I don't want to sit regretting
Any bygone yesterday.
I am painting now the picture
That I'll want someday to see;
I am filling in a canvas
That will soon come back to me.
Though nothing great is on it,
And though nothing there is fine,
I shall want to look it over
When I'm old, and call it mine.
So I do not dare to leave it
While the paint is warm and wet,
With a single thing upon it
That I later will regret.
~ Edwin W. Truesdell ~
Background Music: "Mona Lisa"
Midi Sequencer unknown
Original Artwork: Jean Joan, A Modern Mona Lisa
20" x 26"
Pastel on Canson Paper
Permanent Collection of the Artist.