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THE VALET
Davis W. Morton / 2001 / oil on canvas / 25 X 33
inches
The valet in this painting was working for the Mark
Restaurant on 7th Street in Washington, DC. In any of my paintings where
people are in the same vicinity but living in different worlds, I am
saying something of the mystery that makes us all so completely different
from each other as individuals and yet so similar. Adding to this mystery
is the way we perceive our own reality, and the realities of other people,
in so many different ways at different times.
In this painting the restaurant represents this
mystery, and as it’s emissary, the waiter is beginning to clear a table.
Listening to his unseen friend, the patron is completely unaware of the
true nature of the waiter or of the restaurant he is in. He also has no
knowledge of the valet’s existence on the other side of the window, in a
completely different world.
Unaware of the reflections of the street in the windows
that surround him, “The Valet” is waiting for the truth about reality that
none of us have ever seen. But the truth for us right now, while we are
waiting for the truth, is that Godot might not be coming. There is no time
to only wait, while we ignore the reality we have. We need respect and
tolerance for other people, because all of the barriers that separate all
of our realities are no more substantial or less fragile than a single
piece of glass.
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THE VALET / CARD #6
©2002
Comments and Original Art by Davis W. Morton (6-184)
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