Sitting for a portrait

It’s like doing therapy.
You just talk and talk…
And at the end they don’t charge you!
I said, to keep them on their toes, that I’d rather be painted in silence (not true)…

But I’d noticed that, when people did faces, they did them better if I talked, which meant I smiled, or at least grimaced…
So, alas, I *had* to speak… 😏