What Makes An Artist?
To define an artist first
One must define art
What is art?
Is it a depiction of beauty?
An expression of perspective?
A representation of a view on life?
All of these things – and more –
Art is the best of all that
Humanity has to offer.
It is how we redeem ourselves
For war and destruction.
Some use paint on canvas
Others needle and thread
For still more, it is the
Written word they manipulate
to convey the meaning
inside their heads.
Each of us has
an artist inside
and we all find our ways
of letting it out.
Through dance, poetry
cooking, singing, carving;
each of us has a deep
expression of beauty within us.
To keep our sanity in
this brutal world of
take and take
we must find our muse
and let it guide us
to whatever makes us
more whole, more complete.
We must each of us
find the artist within,
for what is an artist
but simply
someone that allows
their real self
to speak.
Copyright © T.L. Drover | Year Posted 2010
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