ART IS BORN

They say ART
is born
from
                                chaos.
I say ART
is born
from
         LIFE
 
Art is born from sunsets
   and the smell of
a baby’s head.
The sweet scent
   of pumpkin pie
on the counter,
   cooling.
Warm nights and  
               cool days.
Leaves blowing
           in the wind.
The wrinkles of
    an elder’s hand,
holding mine.
 
Last breaths
   and first cries.
Oceans and whales
         and volcanos,
oh my!
Everywhere I look,
I see, I feel,
I am
      inspired
to create, to capture,
   to mimic, to honor
LIFE.
 
Art is not born
            from the chaos of,
but the beauty within
   what appears to be
chaos.
 
For life is the utmost
   perfectly perfect example
of how incredible
   this existence
                     truly is.
 
Art is simply a way
    to make sense of
what we can never
    understand
and to maybe
   participate a bit
in the dancing swirls of
               this universe
we exist within.
 
Perhaps it is not chaos
   they speak of
that inspires
                 ART.
 
Perhaps it is the
              mystery.

• JP

 
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