Art is Everywhere
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I read
"Art should be everywhere
not sectioned off
in the rarified corners
of life"
do I believe that?
am I to look around
at all the items
I've collected
and see art there?
Those lamps we bought
at Target
in our first home together
the white kitty
night light my mom gave me
when I moved out of
one painful coupling
and she wanted to ease my pain
the stack of videos
taken of the kids
at various points
through the years
not realizing at
the time how
quickly everything
was passing by
and why was I so inpatient
and inflexible?
my black electric guitar
still standing for three years
relatively untouched
I bought it
when I was single
thinking I'd have all the time
in the world
all alone
these things are meaningless
without the eyes
I cast upon them
So there is potential
And there is possibility
a pregnant waiting
but not art
no
these profane things
are not art
but
somehow they are better
when attached
to memories and love
they can be transformed
into
sacred
holy
things.
"Art should be everywhere
not sectioned off
in the rarified corners
of life"
do I believe that?
am I to look around
at all the items
I've collected
and see art there?
Those lamps we bought
at Target
in our first home together
the white kitty
night light my mom gave me
when I moved out of
one painful coupling
and she wanted to ease my pain
the stack of videos
taken of the kids
at various points
through the years
not realizing at
the time how
quickly everything
was passing by
and why was I so inpatient
and inflexible?
my black electric guitar
still standing for three years
relatively untouched
I bought it
when I was single
thinking I'd have all the time
in the world
all alone
these things are meaningless
without the eyes
I cast upon them
So there is potential
And there is possibility
a pregnant waiting
but not art
no
these profane things
are not art
but
somehow they are better
when attached
to memories and love
they can be transformed
into
sacred
holy
things.