This is a first piece in a long time (several months) due to some intense resistance to actually doing any work. I'm taking a new online course this year and have had difficult starting. Part of it has been due to seeing the brilliant work of many others and feeling like my work doesn't measure up. Then starting became harder the longer my absence from painting grew. So, here is my modern take on a portion of "The Lady of Shallot" that also includes a few lines from the Tennyson poem about the subject.