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Ode To Art

Art in all forms has a certain freedom disallowed elsewhere; though art does not become art without artful care – Art cannot be entirely loose – recklessly scattered nor restrictively obtuse – (never obviously defined by its implements – though no blossom can blossom, if rejecting all rudiments…. we have standard tools to poke and kneed; if wind the protagonist we blow at the reed – if the point a sharp object we jab and bleed – for no art comes without its blessing and injury –

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Date: 8/30/2020 3:06:00 PM
This is awesome verse, Joe. Just love, love, love it -- especially the last few couplets there. Thanks! ~ Gershon
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Joe Dimino
Date: 8/30/2020 8:35:00 PM
Thank you, Gershon; very kind of you -- bless you my friend.
Date: 8/30/2020 2:14:00 PM
Prince de Mino, You are an extraordinary thinker. Shows in your verse here. Pangie xx
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Date: 8/30/2020 8:37:00 PM
Got to admit, I really enjoy a good shot of booze...oh, you said thinker! Thank you, Pangie; have a great evening my friend!
Date: 8/29/2020 10:35:00 AM
Art is abstract and subjective, some love, some hate... I enjoyed your poem..
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Joe Dimino
Date: 8/29/2020 3:21:00 PM
For sure; it is something somewhat different for everyone. Thank you, Si. Have a great evening!
Date: 8/28/2020 10:50:00 PM
art...even when abstract, is well thought out. paint, words, music, photography, food ... bodies of ... 'something'.. strategically placed ... napalm sprayed, or gently touched up.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 8/29/2020 7:47:00 AM
Hi Lady -- for sure, it is the way most of us do things. We strive for freedom yet we put borders around everything in an effort to make sense (keep sense). With us it is up or down, in or out, and with God it can be all directions and all things at once -- limitless. I know when out of body (so to speak--for their is no such thing), in meditation/prayer time no longer exists nor many of the limitations of the body. Mind rules. If we think it, it is an instant reality. We could be unconscious, Dimensional Beings. Really, most of our great works (heroic actions) come from Intuition. A light bulb goes on and Wallah!!

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