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Passing Through Art In a Plausible Idea

whose work is this, you think you know. you’ve watched them develop, watched them grow; they stare back from the mirror pane & get inside you, festering in your brain. the tools are used, the pen it writes, the brush it paints, the keyboard types & between those dreams you illustrate are nightmares fought off as it grows increasingly late. s/he brews the coffee, s/he pops a pill, s/he smokes a joint, s/he gulps down her/his swill--- this project upon which s/he pours energy is what keeps her/him in tact, it lets her/him breathe. this work is “lovely, dark, and deep” & far more important than any sleep, so do what you love & do it cheap so do what you love & do it cheap.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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