Keywords: emily dickinson emilydickinson hair people white background texture minimalism In early 1853, Emily Dickinson enclosed a lock of her hair in a letter addressed to her friend Emily Fowler (later Emily Ford). In the letter, Dickinson wrote: "I said when the Barber came, I would save you a little ringlet, and fulfilling my promise, I send you one today. I shall never give you anything again that will be half so full of sunshine as this wee lock of hair, but I wish no hue more sombre might ever fall to you." (The Letters of Emily Dickinson. Thomas Johnson, ed. Letter #99) In early 1853, Emily Dickinson enclosed a lock of her hair in a letter addressed to her friend Emily Fowler (later Emily Ford). In the letter, Dickinson wrote: "I said when the Barber came, I would save you a little ringlet, and fulfilling my promise, I send you one today. I shall never give you anything again that will be half so full of sunshine as this wee lock of hair, but I wish no hue more sombre might ever fall to you." (The Letters of Emily Dickinson. Thomas Johnson, ed. Letter #99) |