Desolation
Mixed Media on Canvas
8" x 10"

des·o·la·tion (des'?-la'sh?n, dez'-)
n.

1. The act or an instance of desolating.


2. The state of being desolate.


3. Devastation; ruin: a drought that brought desolation to the region.


4. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness: a sense of utter desolation following the death of his parents.


5. Wretchedness; misery.

A desolate sense of loss: blankness, emptiness, hollowness, vacuum, void.

What you feel when you work up the courage to scrub the silt off the old window, only to find that the view is just as bleak on the outside as it was on the inside.