Art is a form of insanity. We take random things and smear them onto canvas, paper or sculpt something from a hunk of something else – It’s crazy and it works. Somehow. Art springs up from a morsel of tid-bits…imagination blooms into a garden of written words. Words? I mean seriously, we take letters and put them together to form words and then we choose the words we like and create thoughts, opinions and art. Amazing, truly – the human mind never ceases to baffle me. And who told us we could do this?
Most people, sane people are not so interested in grabbing at a bunch of stuff and after a bit of this and a dose of that – whah-lah! Art! Most people are good at check lists and calendars, book keeping and child rearing, you know, normal stuff. Stuff that makes the world go round kinda stuff. I do this stuff too but I don’t always love it. In fact I prefer to be locked away in a cabin somewhere where no one can find me. With paper and a pen of course. I just don’t care about all the stuff. But life has a way of forcing you to do the stuff so you can indulge in insanity. So basically, I work for my insanity. I look forward to crazy time, moments where I can let loose and say what I want and not care if I have a 401k plan or who is in office. Crazy time is good. I think it’s good for everyone. But I think everyone is an artist, deep down. We all have creative ideals, inspirations and desires.
So we are all crazy I guess.
It may be hard for some people to understand the soul vexed with creative urges and inspired by invisible muses. What makes a person want to pursue something so time consuming with little hope of yielding any profit?
Yet ultimately, the outcome is always beautiful. Although the artist is a mere vessel – transporting an idea, sustaining a thought for all time, one cannot deny the benefits. In fact, when I try to imagine a world without Art, I cannot. I think the imagination itself is the artists tool.
So if you are a poet, an imaginer, a writer, a jotter, a musician, a shower singer, a love letterer, a painter, a visionary, a graphics mage, a crafting wizard, a dancer or just you with a passion that needs expressing….I urge you to go forth today, do what you love and love what you do. Be it in the still of the night when your mind is most quiet or the early dawn when the sunrise inspires your hands. Lift your spirits through art and never let the inner child worry about getting dirty, wasting time or running away with an imagination.
In the Grey 