Lady in a Red Scarf

acrylics on canvas, 6" × 6" × 1.5"
She was just standing there, motionless, watching the people passing her by. Her beautiful face was maybe sad, maybe tired, it was hard to tell. You couldn’t see her hair, her head was wrapped in a bright red scarf. She was holding something in her right hand and from time to time her lips moved imperceptibly. And then she recognized someone in the crowd and smiled slightly. Her right hand rised slowly and I saw she was holding a tiny book, which I recognized instantly. It was a diary of people’s granted wishes. One more happy person, another sunny day in the city of gray beings.