"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Monday, March 28, 2011

Magpie #59


Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci



Your enigmatic smile

Behind bulletproof glass

Is it guile or denial?



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25 comments:

  1. DebbyMc9:00 AM

    I've always felt sorry for her behind the glass... I think it's guile =-)

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  2. Maggie9:08 AM

    Too bad we will never know, but it is fun guessing.

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  3. Brigid O'Connor9:37 AM

    A bit of both, maybe?
    Poor Lisa, trapped behind glass forever.

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  4. anthonynorth10:29 AM

    Good question. Guile, I guess.

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  5. The Blog of Bee11:42 AM

    Who knows? Interesting question although the answer will always be a secret.

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  6. Kristen Haskell11:58 AM

    Preserved forever so it most be a little of both!

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  7. Helen12:22 PM

    Denial ... for sure.

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  8. M. Reka12:48 PM

    We will never know the truth!
    Short Poems

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  9. Marilyn & Jeff3:40 PM

    We will always wonder.

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  10. Tumblewords:4:01 PM

    Forever. Forever. We can only guess. Great Magpie...

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  11. Anonymous5:43 PM

    Heck of a good question...and very cleverly put. Vb

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  12. Donna B.12:27 AM

    I hope to see her in person one day...

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  13. ds8:03 AM

    Excellent question! Alas, I bet she'd never tell...

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  14. Lyn11:15 AM

    I'm for guile...but then I usually am!

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  15. Louise12:47 PM

    I guess it's a lot of things, nice take on the prompt.

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  16. Reflections11:16 PM

    Or is it yet our style? A shame that this world should need bulletproof glass for art.

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  17. Doctor FTSE10:09 AM

    A very interesting question.

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  18. Carrie Van Horn2:32 PM

    Thought provoking indeed Kathe...love your take on the prompt! :-)

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  19. Steve Isaak2:41 PM

    Am adoring the last line - good lead-up, too.

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  20. Sue J5:22 PM

    I guess we'll never know.

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  21. Isabel Doyle3:01 AM

    hearts behind bullet-proof glass too!

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  22. Lucy Westenra3:25 AM

    Your haiku makes me think . . her smile is as impenetrable as bullet-proof glass.

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  23. Lydia1:01 AM

    Such a concept, being behind bullet-proof glass. A sign of the times such as that should not entrap anything from another time...

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  24. Trellissimo11:35 AM

    I too thought the bullet-proof glass didn't get the attention it deserved . . A bullet-proof smile seems a lovely idea. Hmmmm.

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  25. C.L. Smith12:10 PM

    To know the truth, we'd have to see the real thing up close, devoid of tourists and glass--both of which bar us from knowing...

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