No one knows who the solitary man smoking a cigar in this paintings by Edward Hopper titled “Sunday” was, but for many viewers he embodies the ennui of a Sunday morning. Painted in 1926, the work has often been seen as symbolic of isolation and disconnection in the American city.
Johnny Cash sings his own song: Sunday Morning Sidewalks:
“On a Sunday morning sidewalk I’m wishing Lord that I was stoned
Cause there’s something in a Sunday makes a body feel alone
And there’s nothing short of dying half as lonesome as the sound
On a sleepy city sidewalk Sunday morning coming down.”
Hear it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/SPiSYVLFCM8.
Tear your heart out, it’s so melancholy.