The paintings were completed in the 1990's and titled in 1998. 

The titles, which are Bible phrases, are in the lines of the poem.

Mind Map

of an

evil man

Plans and Charts

for terror

was not

yet

in our

minds

to ask

"Who Are You After?"

would

take a

Solitary

Foray

Red Alert

was futile

because

before the

innocents

knew

anything,

buildings

were in

flames.

Then they

would

Go

Without

Direction,

out

windows,

climbing

down stairs

and

Hiding in

an Inner

Room.

Fear,

they

tried to

save

each

 other.

March

Against

Time,

brave first

responders

searched

for

survivors,

 authorities

had to

 Send

Them

Home.

Yet,

still

hopeful,

they

would

 
Go

Out

There

Tomorrow,

face the

devastation,

the towers,

an

Ever Running River

of molten steel and substances.

don’t

give up

until every last hope is gone.

Only then would they

Drive Out To The Wilderness,

 their own

Bucolic

Suburb.

Eventually

NYC

residents

were told

they could

Return

Safely,

Settle Here,

back in

their

homes.

We felt,

"We

are

For Now One."

warned,

"Never

again,

Keep

Back"

Finally, we all vowed to remember 911

and those who were

Here But For A Moment.

By Eva Haughie

c 1991 to 2018

In 1991, after I finished "A Thank You Note To God," I asked God for inspiration for a new series. I thought of painting about our great trips to New York City. However, my first painting looked like two frightened buildings and more paintings followed in the same weird vein.  I couldn't control one painting as it erupted in clouds of grey as if something was wrong with the paper. (Go Without Direction). I tried to change some of the images and even drew a (life) line to connect what seemed like a body floating in mid air. I also tried to revise one painting, "Chasing Fear," in an attempt to suppress what looked violent only to see it evolve into a more disturbing imagery.

Finally I just accepted these paintings as they were because I really felt God's presence in this, and so, I left them alone and I hid them away on a shelf. In 1998 I took them down and I found titles in the Bible by praying and then randomly opening to a page. Each title was taken from the first words I saw on the page.

Through the years, I never understood when people said that some of my paintings looked like 911 but on July 24, 2004 I finally saw a resemblance when I saw an online photo of the twin towers in flames. (Go Without Direction)

I asked a retired NYC firefighter to look at these paintings. He studied “Go Without Direction” for several minutes. Then he wanted to know what made me paint two things in particular. The first, I said, “I don’t know, I just did.” He said that it was “the exact silhouette of the firehouse across from the World Trade Towers.” When he asked about a second area, I said, “I felt this painting needed a safe place and I made it there.” He said, “Well, this looks like it could be the Exchange Building, which we were fearful for, but it remained safe.”            
Not knowing what to think about what he said, I looked to the Bible, again, prayed, then opened to a random page,
1 Corinthians 1, Verse 31: "If anyone is going to boast, let him boast only of what the Lord has done."

A second reading, was a surprise, Ezekiel 3, Verse 12, 13: "I heard behind me the sound of a great earthquake. It was the noise of wings of the winged beings as they touched against each other and the sound of their wheels beside them." Even though it wasn't unusual for me to get meaningful readings, I hadn't known the Bible had a verse about winged beings with wheels.

911
The Mind Map of an evil man
Created Plans and Charts for terror
When it was not yet in our minds
To ask "Who Are You After?"
Eight men would take a Solitary Foray
Where a Red Alert was futile because
Before the innocents knew anything,
Their buildings were in flames.
Then they would Go Without Direction,
Jumping out windows, climbing down stairs
And Hiding in an Inner Room.
Chasing Fear, they tried to save each other.
In a March Against Time, brave first responders
Searched for survivors before authorities
Had to Send Them Home.
Yet, still hopeful, they would
Go Out There Tomorrow
Only to face the devastation,
The towers, an Ever Running River
Of molten steel and substances.
But heroes don’t give up
Until every last hope is gone,
Only then would they
Drive Out To The Wilderness,
Each to their own Bucolic Suburb.
Eventually NYC residents were told
They could Return Safely,
To Settle Here, back in their homes.
We felt, "We are For Now One."
And we warned "Never again, Keep Back"

Finally we all vowed to remember
911 and those who were
Here But For A Moment.

By Eva Haughie c 1991 to 2018

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