Summer Blankness 

Alma Lucile Land Lacy created 'Summer Blankness,' and it depicts a figure in repose, seemingly lost in thought or overcome by ennui. The figure is faceless, an absence that speaks volumes. The blankness invites contemplation on the nature of identity and emotion. The pose, with a hand to the head, echoes the melancholic gestures found in depictions of Saturn or in countless images of thinkers and prophets throughout art history. It is a pose of introspection but also of burden, evoking a sense of weariness that transcends time. This motif of the pondering figure has surfaced repeatedly, each time carrying the weight of human reflection and the search for meaning. The facelessness adds another layer, perhaps a comment on the universality of such moments of contemplation, where identity dissolves into the broader experience of existence. It speaks to our collective memory and subconscious understanding of human emotion.