Zoë Belkin

Renunciation

Beauty advertisement for the fictional beauty brand, "Zoë's Cheek Tint".

“Inspired by the poem "Renunciation", by Dorothy Parker, this illustration depicts a beauty advertisement for the fictional beauty brand, "Zoë's Cheek Tint". The line, "Zoë's cheek is far from rough,'" inspired this illustration. In my illustration I have turned the speaker's lover's infidelity into a source of independence. RenunciationChloe's hair, no doubt, was brighter;Lydia's mouth more sweetly sad;Herbe's arms were rather whiter;Languorous-lidded Helen hadEyes more blue than e'er the sky was;Lalage's was subtler stuff;Still, you used to think that I was Fair enough.Now you're casting yearning glancesAt the pale Penelope;Taking Iris out to tea.Iole you find warm-hearted;Zoë's cheek is far from rough,-Don't you think it's time we parted?...Fair enough!-Dorothy Parker, "Enough Rope"”