--after Giovanni Battista Gaulli’s ‘The Sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham’
The Lamb is ballpoint pen. Everything else is black color pencil.
After it was finished I matted & framed it and gave it as a gift to Freddy, the guy I’ve been falling in love with for months.
I picked a hell of a time to come out of the closet. I’m very nervous. But there’s nothing healthy about hiding who I am. It actually was very damaging, and to some extent made me crazier than I ordinarily am.
So it’s frightening, admitting that I want this kind, generous, beautiful, fascinating man. I know my male co-workers will look at me differently. Some already are. But that’s life. I am who I’ve always been: I’m just trying to live a whole, integrated existence for the first time in my adult life, no dim corners to hide my soul in.
