“Art is not a part of life, it is not an addition to life, it is the essence of those pieces of us that make us fulfilled. That give us hope. That give us dreams and provide the world a view very different than what it would have been without us.”
– Hasan Davis
“Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It brings healing.” – Julia Cameron
“I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.” – Susan Griffin
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Material Witness
This is what I get
For attempting to reduce
The clutter in my life
This red plastic toolbox
Filled with long ignored
Pencils, charcoal, pastels
And other tricks of a trade
They were so foreign to
Me
Something I ached for
Yet knew nothing about
Flashbacks to childhood
A half-sisters art supplies
Tossed aside at the demands
Of her fiancée
Now these things
Were in plain site
Demanding attention
To be dealt with
To be used
To skate across paper
Or canvas
All the negative decrees of a
Lifetime want to be heard
Demand their say
Yet something deeper
Wants more
Dare I open the box?
Dare I see what will happen?
Learning to play
With art or anything else
Is more difficult as we age
But if it is given the smallest chance
It will prevail
The evidence is all around
Me
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Bisous,
Léa
poetry, photos and musings oh my! 
Beautiful, beautiful!
Open that box, please!! If I can open the box and I am opening it for the very first time, and its scary, then I sure you can! I have already seen a little hint of what you can produce, so dont leave the box closed any longer!
Love
Christine
Xxx
Merci bien mon amie! Actually the last line tells you that the evidence is all around me. No, I don’t show it around but if someone comes by, it is hard to escape… 🙂
You wont escape from me!! Lol
Xxx
I’m afraid it is, mainly the paintings, you wouldn’t escape if you came by here! 🙂
Xxx
oh please do open that box and start playing…it’s so much fun… we don’t need to win prizes with our art… often it’s just for us.. to get to know us a bit better and to understand the world a bit better… that’s why i write and paint.. just that..
Oh dear! I didn’t say that well. I’m afraid anyone coming by this house would be faced with evidence everywhere! 🙂
😄 😄 😄
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I opened the box LOLs..
and I look at all the colors..now to figure out
how to make the paper look like whats in my head…
I am having fun though…!
Great post…..fun with a smile….
Take Care ….You Matter…
)0(
maryrose
Actually, that box sat in the darkest corner of a closet for over a decade but then it started to whisper… there was no peace until it spilled open demanding some action! 🙂 Back when the box first took its rightful place, I wrote a short story about it.
You matter, we all matter! 🙂 Lea