PhanFic Journal Entry 6

Title: N/A
Length: Journal entry, 66 words
Assignment: Respond critically to Ryder's "The Race Track (Death Rides A Pale Horse)".

The overall mood of the painting is very bleak, created with a limited variety of color and a completely barren landscape. The only visible vegetation is a leafless tree and unless the smear at the bottom is a snake (Gerry: I think it is a snake. I need to get a better picture of it for next time.), it is the only semblance of life that is present. Indeed, everything here is skeletal in appearance, including the rider, which is very effective in suggesting death.

Gerry's notes: What does all the bleakness seem to imply about the human condition, do you think? What is death like in the 20th century or the 21st century?