tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post2321607026150812818..comments2024-03-26T14:30:49.660-05:00Comments on The Wifely Person Speaks: Art, Artists, and the Soul of AmericaThe Wifely Personhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03255569339784573469noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-92202219345708824442012-02-17T10:47:29.980-06:002012-02-17T10:47:29.980-06:00Great Post. I wish more people thought about these...Great Post. I wish more people thought about these issues as you do. <br /><br />As a creative, I have noticed in recent years that most people do not recognize or respect the processes involved in creating something whether it is a oil painting, a poem, a radio jingle or an advertising campaign. The consensus now from most is that there is a big red button and once that button is depressed, POOF! a completed project that exists solely to the delight of the consumer. Add to that the ignorance and short attention span of most people, that previous delight becomes momentary and fleeting.<br /><br />A well rounded education, one with arts, music, theatre and creative writing along with the basics, gives rise to a literate, informed and involved electorate. Our intellectually dishonest "leaders" realized long ago that in order to advance their personal and corporate agendas, the masses need to be asleep occasionally waking in order to show interest in "america's latest idol" or the newest electronic gadget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-10299502041744421602012-02-17T10:20:04.133-06:002012-02-17T10:20:04.133-06:00We need artists, musicians, poets, and writers to ...We need artists, musicians, poets, and writers to help us understand the senseless and incomprehensible, celebrate the magnificent, and record the mundane. To not give these tools of expression to our young, or worse devalue those who master the arts, is a sad cultural shift.O' Susannahttp://osusanna.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-15191869360417739642012-02-02T23:12:17.478-06:002012-02-02T23:12:17.478-06:00Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. You said it SO WE...Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. You said it SO WELL, Susan.<br />* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <br /><br />Here's my affirmation of your word:<br /><br /><br />I’m looking for a poem to save my life<br />a curve of reality hidden from my view<br />metaphors hinting at heaven<br />an image to cure my world<br /><br />I’m searching with curious thought<br />for jewels among common stones<br />for mysteries that burst with life<br />ideas yet to be born<br /><br />I’m reaching for redemption’s hand<br />among desperation and worthless pursuits<br />for purity in its rawest form<br />a sanctuary where grace is stored<br /><br />So I grasp the sky and shake the sun<br />part the ocean and step within<br />I probe the mind of the waiting pen<br />immersed in contraband dreams of man<br /><br />I’m looking for a poem to save my life<br />a sail filled with infinite wind<br />a vessel traversing the boundaries of sense<br />carrying words that unveil my worldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465072391199760560.post-15179305793237370792012-01-30T22:55:03.336-06:002012-01-30T22:55:03.336-06:00Well done.
We non-artists need you guys.
PerdieWell done.<br /><br />We non-artists need you guys.<br /><br />PerdieStop BDS Park Slopehttp://stopbdsparkslope.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com