Faculty of Design

Illustration

Zoë Belkin

Pattern

A woman sheds tears over the loss of her love, with her head on her "lonely pillow", as petals from her "silly posies" fall against the windowsill behind her.

“Inspired by the poem "Pattern", by Dorothy Parker, this illustration depicts a woman mourning the loss of her love, as petals from her "silly posies", as referenced in the poem, fall down her cheek like tears.Pattern"Leave me to my lonely pillow.Go, and take your silly posies;Who has vowed to wear the willowLooks a fool, tricked out in roses.Who are you, my lad, to ease me?Leave your pretty words unspoken.Tinkling echoes little please me,Now my heart is freshly broken.Over young are you to guide me,And your blood is slow and sleeping.If you must, then sit beside me....Tell me, why have I been weeping?"-Dorothy Parker, "Enough Rope"”