Painting

Hotel by the Railroad, 1952, Edward Hopper

I had a strong connection with this, where feelings of a couple who in old age have started to break away. the idea of longing from the man, to possibly escape; he to me felt unsatisfied in his life, lost in thought and the women being content. Spaces may deal with them breaking away, or her having a content home where his has the desire to open up. Railroad to me was a symbol of travel, or possibly as a tool to show how detached he is, staring at the bleak view.

Girl reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657 , Johannes Vermeer

I thought this was an interesting painting, the reflection of the face on the window, the fact that the window is open and the painted curtain potrayed to me many possibly interesting narratives. The letter acting as a love letter, where the narrative could be that of a heartbroken women being left, or one receiving a letter that her husband would not return from a far away journey; ideas of young love, letters of death of a lover, were possibilities.