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13th of February, Wednesday

I chose the paintings of Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald – the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama.
I already faced two problems.
First of all, it turns out that it is so difficult for me to consider them meaningfully even for 15 minutes! I am always let myself get distracted by the thoughts like “wow, I want the same dress as Michelle has here” or “okay, on the first portrait the flowers are everywhere…hmmm, I'm curious about flowers near our house, have they already bloomed?”.
Secondly, since last year I had a habit of looking for the value in absolutely everything, the meaning of every detail. No, really, why for example we see that Barack Obama is sitting on a chair (by the way why he namely SITS, does not walk, does not stand), while we have only to guess where is Michelle sitting? Did the background of her portrait match her manicure? And why, after all, are there so many flowers around the ex-president of America?
Therefore, sometimes I think that my habit is superfluous.

They both look very sullen as if they are worried about something, and I do not see any hint of a smile at both. Hey, are you posing, or are you trying to calculate the square root of 350?
Michelle’s dark look is also highlighted by the blue background in the portrait - due to the impact of colour, and it seems to me that her skin is grey. Or is it an artist's idea?
The colour of Barack Obama’s skin also seems unnatural to me. Was it too sunny in that garden? What are these highlights on his forehead?

I have all hope for the third day when I can finally start looking for answers to all those questions.