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Art Is
By manunkind
Language travels in waves
Through single track brains
Perceive the world
Then paint it
Think the idea
Then dream it
Be the dream
Be the scream
That only language can free
From confusion
And delusion
Human creation
Is breaking
Into rules
And unworthy fools are
Defining art
Like
Art is a plastic flamingo in your lawn
If you want it to be.
Art is shit smeared across the wall
(if the artist signs his name in shit-
If the shit is HIS.)
Art is something beautiful.
Art is
Art is
Art is Art.
Pay the artist a dollar to do it
And he’ll paint you a self portrait
Pay the artist a dollar to do it,
And he’ll write truth
That isn’t True at all
Pay the artist at all,
And he will be a service
no longer an artist
Unauthorized Copying Is Prohibited.
Ask the author first.
© 2007 manunkind
Published on Friday, February 9, 2007.
Filed under:
"Poetry"
Comments on "Art Is"
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On Friday, February 1, 2008, Alanarchy
(1168)
wrote:
Took the words right out of my mouth.
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A former member wrote:
ah... such thoughts are too often too true... does not money taint every endeavor? is not the intrinsic value of life, of love, of art and the humanities so often trampled by the extrinsic doggerel of the marketplace... very nice transition in the first two stanzas... weighty thoughts.. thanks!
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On Wednesday, February 28, 2007, Sin
(1135) wrote:
bravo! when art becomes a burden/responsibility/job does it cease to be about emotion? does it lose its meaning as it becomes an obligation? very thought provoking ~kristy
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A former member wrote:
This was so true. I liked the concept.
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On Saturday, February 10, 2007, carlosjackal
(2788) wrote:
I enjoyed the clarity, flow and language of this piece. Very thought provoking and excellent title. Write the hell on...
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On Saturday, February 10, 2007, Drifter
(265) wrote:
Can't say it better then Ani did, but i agree. Well said.
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A former member wrote:
mmm, ok. i suppose anidayz cleared that up. and i agree...
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On Friday, February 9, 2007, AniDayz
(812) wrote:
this speaks clearly and creatively and quite bluntly about the truth of art and touches upon the truth IN art that cannot really be articulated into any kind of formed definition...you fully speak of the misguised
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On Friday, February 9, 2007, AniDayz
(812) wrote:
...and the unfortunate corporate/financial mainstream that art is all too 'commonly', almost replaced with...nobody can buy nor sell true art...one can only create and experience it...well said.
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A former member wrote:
mmm, this is interesting. thought provoking too..but then, all the great writers and artists...they aren't artists cuz they got money for it?
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