Art and Me

What is art? Can it really be defined? What is creativity? Have you ever thought on this? Everyone has a different perception of what art is. What’s yours?

It is the up and down of the brushstrokes
The vibrance and shadow of paints
The stretching of the canvass
The easel, wall and spray

It is in the grace and point
The bowing of the back
The taut and sprain
The joy and pain

It is in the vibration and fear
Deliverance of the spear
Projection and delivery
Reliving the memory

It is the case-in-point
Debate, several and joint
It is in the standing tall and sitting down
The wearer of the crown

It is in the timbre and tempo
The light and crescendo
Controlled vibrato
Stringed and staccato

It is in the gliding of the pen
Where ink and paper meet
Of life and how it’s spent
Of tales of great feats

This thing with Art and me
Is whatever I need it to be
My speech and voice
Non-verbal voice
That is Art to me

© Shelley Smidt-Booys 2016. All rights reserved.

Shelley (thedealis)

Hi, my name is Shelley and I wish I had some sort of super power, like how to inhale tough meat instead of chewing it (so labour instensive). I am insanely sane, thinking deeply about the most mundane things...Like, what really goes on in the mind of my dog? If I go to my "happy place", could I eventually get super powers? Why "The Deal Is"? Well, everyone has a deal (opinion). This blog is about mine. I might shuffle around a bit but somehow it always boils down to one thing. So, what's the deal? The deal is...Life. So, that's my story. An obsessive over-thinker contemplating life. A pleasure to make your acquaintance. :) Shelley

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