The Young Guitarist

This piece is an interpretation of Pablo Picasso’s The Old Guitarist. 

In his, it is an elderly, blind man with a guitar. In my version, it is a young woman sitting with her guitar and her head hanging low.

There is a lot to be said about Picasso’s blue period. It's his artistic period of his works that include shades of blue and depicting poverty, depression, and human suffering.

You can read more about it here:

https://www.pablopicasso.org/blue-period.jsp

I often find myself turning to music whenever I’m feeling “blue”. Maybe that’s why Picasso’s piece resonates with me so much. The song that really embodies this piece for me is The Beatles' White My Guitar Gently Weeps, you can listen below.