What can this lowly ARTIST offer others in my discipline?
Certainly not tips on their craft
their talent
or their creations.
Maybe just a bit of encouragement
and a way to vent or listen to venting so that a perspective is gained.
ART is not science
but there is science in it somehow.
ART is not music
but there is music in undertones and rhythm.
ART is not pragmatism
but there is usually a bit of a plan.
ART is real
and cohesive.
ART is strong
and yet soft.
ART is a personal experience
that you share with the world.
ART is difficult to explain
and yet thousands of words a day are written about it.
ART is difficult to decipher
and yet critics and curators do it all day long.
What is ART to you
my ARTIST friends?
Is it a lifeline
or a pendulum.
A weight around your neck
or wings beneath your chest.
ART to me is a spirit that lives inside of me.
A soft cloud that I rest on.
A dream that I dream.
The wine that I sip.
The food that nourishes my body every day.
ART is my deepest thought.
My lightest wandering.
I live it in my breath.
I feel it on my fingertips.
And it saves my soul.
