The Old Revolutionary

This face belongs to someone who lived through the great upheavals of the twentieth century, a composite of people the artist has known who took part in its turmoil and witnessed it. The jaw is set, the mouth firm, and the features are weathered but unbroken. Above them, the stone rises rough and unfinished, like ground shaken by history. The eyes seem blind, but they are turned inward. They weigh a past they helped shape and imagine a future they can only foresee in their mind. Resolute and resilient, the old revolutionary keeps his watch.