Portrait of Alice Gray
John Everett Millais
oil on canvas
1858
Me
Alice Gray (subject of portrait)
How could you change?
Let’s make you different
More textures
More colors
More shapes, MORE
No, don’t change me
Let me be
I was beautiful
I was still
I have not moved
If I replace your hair
With this and that
Change your lips
To match the thought
Change the back, change the shirt
Change the scarves
Don’t change, don’t change
I kept my chin up
Posture, posture, posture
My scarves were perfectly placed
My cheeks perfectly rosy
I stayed still and let him paint
I looked calm, peaceful, beautiful
I’m fine, please don’t change me
Don’t change,
Change everything and anything
You can be so much greater
My changes will make you better
Strive for difference,
Be beautiful.
-Josie Everett
Desmos analysis
Josie Everett
Changing the Past
Josie Everett
Digital image
2017