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Norma Jeane Baker Reflects on Her Future 2007 by Paul Noonan Pencil and wash on card Detail of the 'ghost' of Marilyn Monroe As I've mentioned before, the picture is based on the lyrics of the song 'Candle in the Wind'. The line 'Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did' is significant. The ghost of Marilyn Monroe emerges just as the candle goes out. It suggests two things. One is that moment where she passes on from mortality to immortality. The second is that moment when a legend is born. Wrapped in the bedsheet that she'd tragically be found in this star, this legend, appears tormented, vulnerable, alone, insecure. Symbolically the candle being blown out forewarns Norma Jeane Baker of her own fate. Much of the candle still remains, suggesting it could have burned for so much longer. What I wanted to do was challenge you, the viewer, to perhaps ask the question, 'How could this happy, vibrant girl and this sad, tormented woman be one and the same person?'
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