Mary Gordon parelles what she is witnessing in her mother to Bonnard's painting style. She sees her mother's decaying life as a tragedy, and she does not understand how Bonnard can take a distanced view of the world. Bonnard paints decaying fruit and flowers, because he says they have more character. But Mary sees the decay as something terrible not a new beginning.
I think everyone has their own interpretations on life and it's importance and meanings. Just yesterday I was drawing and painting dying roses. I found it rather ironic to read this article right after I was enjoying the roses so much. the colors intensified and the stems and leaves curled in a way that fresh flowers never dare to try. It all just depends on how you look at something. Maybe, if an elderly person was in the right mind frame, would love to be painted. Painting something like a nursing home is not making a mockery of what is happening but showing that everything is beautiful. I don't think it is wrong to find everything beautiful.
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