Silhouettes: Pairs at the library

2020.08.05, by Anatolij
Filed under Journal, Silhouettes

A teenaged boy and his father studying side-by-side, silently. The boy is clearly studying. They both wear glasses, round. His father is reading something on his phone…

Another pair, a young girl and her tutor discussing alliteration, synonyms, the character and motivation of some man in a story they’ve read.

The two older ladies behind me discuss food, produce, ripeness… The qualities of a good tomato… It takes me a while to realise that one is teaching the other English. I think they’re both beautifully dressed… Deep blue, the English-learner is wearing diamond-shaped tiger’s eye earrings. They’re laughing. Discussing the everyday joys of life. Now they discuss architecture. Domes atop mosques…