This poem is inspired by Isabel Cevallos’ Solitude 2022 in which a figure sits alone dressed in monochromatic clothing and blankets against a similar colour background. Cevallos’ work conveys a coziness and a damper mood from the model’s downward expression. This poem attempts to replicate a similar experience of loneliness and incorporate the motif of memento mori, which Cevallos did by blending a skull into the cave-like background.
Based on Solitude 2022 by Isabel Cevallos