My Eyes Bringing Desire to Christina's World:
Dependency and Hope in the World of a Handicap
"I can't take my eyes off of you." is repeated many times in the song "The Blower's daughter", which means quite a bit. With the poem and to the painting, the song expresses the feeling in both of the eyes of a handicap person and in the eyes of another person who loves them. Handicapped people require all the attention in the world, and even when they aren't being attended to, someone is thinking about them. In the painting, the artist depicts a young girl, who seems to be crawling toward a home on a hill quite the distance away. She seems to be quite thin and weak, which hints at the point there may be a physical problem with her. In the poem, the farmer and his family give birth to a handicapped child and while watching her sleep, can see the desire and peacefulness in her. "His thoughts while they are resting. She's only imagining, stalks of yellow flowers flush and frilled and......
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