WE WERE STRANGERS

I Love You

Have you ever heard a stranger’s voice over the phone and subconsciously constructed a picture in your mind? Does it matter?

Over 40 years ago, a friend decided that I, and a man she knew would be a good match. We talked for hours throughout a couple of weeks about books, music, food, the woods, canoeing, snow, childhood. We never lacked for a topic of discussion. He wanted us to get to know each other before we met or exchanged photos.

When we met, the ease of the telephone conversations vanished. We were strangers.

John O’Donohue in his book Beauty, wrote, “It can be quite surprising to discover the ‘owner’ of a voice to be someone totally different from what one expected from merely hearing their voice.”

ART:  "Conversations" 2024