The Storialist - I Know You Do

I always wonder how people relate to my personal work. One of my drawings, I Know You Do, was linked by The Storialist as an inspiration for her poem. The Storialist is Hannah Stephenson, a poet, writer, and instructor from Vancouver and now based in Los Angeles. Her poems, which I find equally inspiring,  are inspired by found images of art, photography, architecture and sculptures. Here's the poem she wrote:

I know you do sit in the warm car

and hesitate before applying key to ignition,

the still, hot air a just-filled bath.

I know you do harmonize with the dial tone

when you place the receiver against your ear.

I know you do feel unsettled

when you brush a long strand of dark hair

from the stiff wool of your coat.

I know you do wonder if you locked the door

ten paces from your home.

I know you do run a fingertip

along an image, a line of text in a book

that speaks to you,

as if to answer it.

I know, I know. You do these things

from the privacy of your brain.

But haven’t you suspected

you are being listened to, looked at.

You do.

I know you do.