Night at the Museum

In the painting “Shepherdess resting” by Winslow Homer, a woman is portrayed resting on the grass as a sheep looks over in the distance. It wasn’t this particular piece that invoked an emotion in me but the entire section “a quiet place”. Personally I haven’t witnessed many painting portraying people resting until this experience. I have seen many paintings that bought a feeling of relaxation like images of mountains and greenery but I haven’t seen a person in a total state of relaxation. Also I really liked the quote by Cole auther Riley posted above which stated “Rest is not a reward in exchange for your exhaustion. You are worthy of it now”. That quote exemplified my feelings toward the painting “shepherdess resting”, I thought to myself, that she shouldn’t need a reason to lay in the grass and take care of herself.