Invisible

Returning to the theme of the portrayal of older women in literature I have been reading 'Swimming Home' by Deborah Levy and came across this quote. It refers to the elderly Madeleine Sheridan:

"She screamed at the waiter for a whiskey and a Pepsi for Jurgen, who disliked alcohol for spiritual reasons. It was hard for an old woman to get a waiter's attention when he was busy serving topless women in thongs. She had read about yogic siddhas who mastered human invisibility through a combination of concentration and meditation. Somehow she had managed to make her body imperceptible to the waiter without any of the training." (p.74)

(Photo from trip to Dartmoor with mum and dad)