PORTRAITS FOR LIFE

The Art of Eating #2: Not Eating!

My first entry about the Art of Eating was about eating donuts, especially about the differences between men and women accomplishing this sacred act.

Today it will also be about eating donuts, or more exactly: not eating them.

The other day I saw this brave Granny at Masko. Like always they served her a free donut with her coffee. Well, I don’t know it they did it on purpose or if it was a mistake, but in fact they served her 2 donuts, which made her appear even braver to me. The woman was sitting there, her arms and hands literally nailed to her chair, the eyes immovably fixed to a spot of invisible interest in front of her. I wondered after a certain time what was the aim of this immobility exercise, as the woman didn’t even make a movement to drink her coffee. But after a while I understood: judging by her numerous chins and the spare tyre around her body, the aim was obviously to avoid with eyes and body the little plate containing the two donuts. Poor woman! The waitress had even had the idea to put the plate upon the serviette dispenser, at Granny’s eye level… and to complicate matters further, the two donuts had come suddenly to life, smiling and winking at her.

The lady didn’t weaken. Sometimes I could perceive some nervous ticks in her hands, as if she was about to move them, but no, she resisted. A lifetime passed. Then suddenly, like a chameleon catching a fly, her two hands shot out simultaneously, and in one quick movement grabbed at the plate, taking one donut in each hand and shoving both togetehr in her mouth, swallowing them in one go.

A second later she resumed first position, as if nothing had happened!

May 20, 2008 - Posted by Miki | art, caricatures, humour, life, portrait, random, The Art of Eating, women | caricatures, figure sketching, hands drawings, ink drawing, ink sketching, portrait art, portraits paintings, water colour sketches