"The path to you in dreams..." —detail of Male Figure:

The male figure is turned away deliberately so you cannot see his face. To me this increases the tension between the two figures and shows the great gap between them—both emotionally and through time/space and reality/dreams.

Also perhaps the face of this man is too terrifying or perfect to remember.  In Anne's poems,"The Calling," the memory of this man's deep sensual allure fades with morning but continues to haunt even when morning arrives. Part of any haunting is an ambiguity, a mystery or vaguery that is unsolved or unresolved— showing the man's face would take this mystery away and perhaps resolve his identity.

© 2004 Pam Marin-Kingsley

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