Sunday, December 20, 2009

Boredom

I would often go to the Saturday Market in Portland. It was a great place to find arts and crafts of all kinds but I'd frequent it just to watch people. One day I bought a snack at the food court and settled in to observe. A hot dog stand was across the way and I noticed these two gals waiting for a customer. None came. They busied themselves with cleaning and straightening until there was nothing left to do. They finally nestled into the pose I've drawn.

1 comment:

Phyllis said...

You have captured the essence of boredom!

Perhaps if they were more impatient they would find a way to draw in people by providing some form of entertainment. Many are the times I have seen people without customers dawn some costume or walk around and entertain with singing or juggling or just joking to get people involved.

Getting people involved is the real art of salesmanship.