Museum Musings The Beautiful/UGLY project...
I spent this afternoon at the Oakland Museum of California. There was an exhibit by an artist named Squeak Carnwath that was beyond inspiring. THankfully I brought my trusty composition notebook with me and I was able to get some of my thoughts down...some are poems, some are random thoughts, but all of them are from me. So here you go...
Confused: A Poem
Purple is purple
Blue is Blue
Love is simply love
But what Am I to you?
Art is my legacy: A thought
It's art that takes care of me. Nurses me back to health when my mind is ailing. Allows me to free stagnant thoughts, take a clear step back and believe in my dreams. It allows me to stretch out my hope, breathe in my peace and establish my legacy. Art is my legacy.
Living life on side A: A thought
Life is about living for the original dream, the first moment when you realized the one thing you were passionate enough about to sacrifice everything to see it come to life. You have to hold on to that dream, that vision that side of the record that is made up of all of the chart toppers and beats that continually keep your head bouncing and your soul alive. Work hard and refuse to allow people who have forgotten what life is like on Side A to force you to flip over your song and explore the feeling of settling for less. Life on side A. Play it over and over until the melody of freedom becomes ingrained.
No More: A poem
No more questions. No more questioning. No more wondering. No more worrying. No more baggy clothes. No more sleepless nights. No more sadness. No more tears. No more silent wishes. No more fears. No more regret. No more second chances. No more begging. No more starving. No more binging. No more. No more pining. No more limitations.
Now all that's left is me.
Confused: A Poem
Purple is purple
Blue is Blue
Love is simply love
But what Am I to you?
Art is my legacy: A thought
It's art that takes care of me. Nurses me back to health when my mind is ailing. Allows me to free stagnant thoughts, take a clear step back and believe in my dreams. It allows me to stretch out my hope, breathe in my peace and establish my legacy. Art is my legacy.
Living life on side A: A thought
Life is about living for the original dream, the first moment when you realized the one thing you were passionate enough about to sacrifice everything to see it come to life. You have to hold on to that dream, that vision that side of the record that is made up of all of the chart toppers and beats that continually keep your head bouncing and your soul alive. Work hard and refuse to allow people who have forgotten what life is like on Side A to force you to flip over your song and explore the feeling of settling for less. Life on side A. Play it over and over until the melody of freedom becomes ingrained.
No More: A poem
No more questions. No more questioning. No more wondering. No more worrying. No more baggy clothes. No more sleepless nights. No more sadness. No more tears. No more silent wishes. No more fears. No more regret. No more second chances. No more begging. No more starving. No more binging. No more. No more pining. No more limitations.
Now all that's left is me.
