"Six Eleven...Eleven...Eleven"

November 10, 2011.

Every line, arc, circle, square, and triangle form the image of a beautiful young actress and model sitting confidently in a man's suit.  I guess I don't have to tell you about the title of this sketch letter because it's pretty self-explanatory, but what isn't obvious about it is the inspiration behind it.  Last week, I read in a byline in an alternative newspaper that the film Gigola was going to be shown at a Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival in the city and an adjoining picture of the film's star suddenly caught my eye.  Thought that drawing a young lady with a beauty and aura of confidence similar to those of the leading lady would be a good way to pass the time, but it became such a great stress reliever, a brief respite from the stresses of urban life.  Every line, arc, circle, square, and triangle helped take my mind off the crowded aisles and occupied seats on the trains, off the computers and stacks and papers on the cubicles, off the ongoing traffic along the streets and sidewalks, and off the frenetic and unforgiving pace in the brisk cold and the pouring rain.  For a little while.