MM 7 September 2020: Nothing to be done.
Macro Mondays theme: Footwear
Estragon’s boots
two of them
so similar
as to be considered
a pair
good for nothing
but the daily struggle
which hurts
almost as much
as leaving things be
hopeless together
useless apart
nothing to be done
Carrie Berry
4 September 2002
This poem was inspired by the first line of the Beckett play, Waiting for Godot. Estragon, taking off his boots, says: Nothing to be done.
I commissioned a doll artist to create a soft sculpture Vladimir and Estragon as a gift for my husband who is a devout Beckett fan. Later I decided to sculpt a pair of boots for Gogo (Estragon) from a worn out pair of Birkenstock sandals. Cutting and shaping the leather and soles was a very tricky task. The pair of boots stand less than three inches tall and meet no particular doll scale.
The poem, inspired by these boots, is a metaphor for an old couple: Didi and Gogo, perhaps, or me and my husband.
HMM
MM 7 September 2020: Nothing to be done.
Macro Mondays theme: Footwear
Estragon’s boots
two of them
so similar
as to be considered
a pair
good for nothing
but the daily struggle
which hurts
almost as much
as leaving things be
hopeless together
useless apart
nothing to be done
Carrie Berry
4 September 2002
This poem was inspired by the first line of the Beckett play, Waiting for Godot. Estragon, taking off his boots, says: Nothing to be done.
I commissioned a doll artist to create a soft sculpture Vladimir and Estragon as a gift for my husband who is a devout Beckett fan. Later I decided to sculpt a pair of boots for Gogo (Estragon) from a worn out pair of Birkenstock sandals. Cutting and shaping the leather and soles was a very tricky task. The pair of boots stand less than three inches tall and meet no particular doll scale.
The poem, inspired by these boots, is a metaphor for an old couple: Didi and Gogo, perhaps, or me and my husband.
HMM